Oswald Stannus Gray

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File:Oswald Gray Magnificent.jpg
Gray as an Midshipman in Magnificent, c. 1905.
From official officers' photograph in album of George Napier Tomlin.

Captain (retired) Oswald Stannus Gray, R.N. (7 August, 1888 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Brunswick, Victoria, the son of R. S. Gray, Esq..

Gray was appointed to the battleship Magnificent from 10 April 1905.[1]

Gray was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 28 February, 1909.[2]

Gray was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 28 February, 1917.[3]

From March 1922 into 1938, Gray would hold a series of appointments in the Naval Ordnance Department. He was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander on 25 November, 1930.[4]

World War II

From 1939, Gray worked in the Ordnance Inspection Department.[5]

Gray was granted the confirmed rank of Captain upon his reversion to the Retired List on 8 August, 1948.[6]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
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Gunnery Duties, Third Destroyer Flotilla
27 Jun, 1914[7] – 1 Dec, 1915[8]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
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Fleet Gunnery Officer, East Indies
c. Mar, 1921[9]c. Jun, 1921[10]
Succeeded by
Patrick V. McLaughlin
Preceded by
Hugh P. Middleton
Deputy Chief Inspector of Naval Ordnance
25 Aug, 1936[11] – 3 Oct, 1938[12]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. Gray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/264. f. 266.
  2. Gray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/264. f. 266.
  3. Gray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/264. f. 266.
  4. Gray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/264. f. 266.
  5. Gray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/264. f. 266.
  6. Gray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/264. f. 266.
  7. Gray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/264. f. 266.
  8. Gray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/264. f. 266.
  9. Gray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/264. f. 266.
  10. Gray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/264. f. 266.
  11. Gray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/264. f. 266.
  12. Gray Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/264. f. 266.