Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon

Rear-Admiral (retired) Edmond Julius Gordon Mackinnon, D.S.O., R.N. (11 April, 1880 – 17 September, 1940) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Mackinnon was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 26 June, 1902.

Mackinnon was appointed Lieutenant & Commander of the destroyer Bittern on 6 November, 1906. He married Katherine Ethel Rothwell on 3 April, 1907.

Mackinnon was appointed in command of the destroyer Roebuck on 17 June, 1909.

On 19 October, 1909, he was appointed Lieutenant & Commander of the destroyer Arun.

Mackinnon was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 26 June, 1910.

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Ribble on 7 September, 1911.

On 11 March, 1914, Mackinnon was appointed in command of the destroyer Druid.

Great War

Mackinnon was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1915.

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Walker on 5 January, 1918.

Post-War

On 9 January, 1920, Mackinnon was appointed in command of the submarine Shakespeare.

Mackinnon was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1921.

Mackinnon was appointed to Montrose, additional, on 15 September, 1924 and then in command upon her commissioning on 1 October, becoming then Captain (D) of the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla. He retained command of 4 D.F. when he was appointed in command of Broke on 10 February, 1925.

In February, 1932, Mackinnon issued an adverse report on his executive officer, Commander F. R. Baxter in Hermes in which he criticised Baxter's social grace and excessive self-regard. Mackinnon was informed that Their Lordships did not concur. Mackinnon was invalided from the China Station that year with diphtheria. He was admitted to Chatham hospital in July.

Mackinnon was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 21 January, 1933 and placed on the Retired List the following day in accordance with Order in Council of 9 March, 1914.

World War II

Mackinnon was presumed killed in action on the night of 17-18 September, 1940 while serving as a Commodore, Second Class in the London Convoy Pool when the City of Benares was torpedoed by U-48.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by John R. Corner	Captain of H.M.S. Bittern 6 Nov, 1906 – 17 Jun, 1909	Succeeded by Henry C. Rawlings
Preceded by John G. de O. Coke	Captain of H.M.S. Roebuck 17 Jun, 1909 – 19 Oct, 1909	Succeeded by John Fawcett
Preceded by Spencer R. S. Richards	Captain of H.M.S. Arun 19 Oct, 1909 – 3 May, 1910	Succeeded by Leonard Robinson
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Nemesis 24 Feb, 1911 – Aug, 1911	Succeeded by Gerald C. Wynter
Preceded by Walter J. Fletcher	Captain of H.M.S. Ribble 7 Sep, 1911 – 10 Dec, 1913	Succeeded by Ralph W. Wilkinson
Preceded by The Hon. Richard O. B. Bridgeman	Captain of H.M.S. Druid 11 Mar, 1914 – 6 Jan, 1915	Succeeded by Roger V. Alison
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Myngs 6 Jan, 1915 – 22 Feb, 1916	Succeeded by Frederick A. Warner
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Trident 22 Feb, 1916 – 24 Jul, 1917	Succeeded by Ernest W. Leir
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Tancred 8 Aug, 1917 – 5 Jan, 1918	Succeeded by Frederick L. Cavaye
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Walker 5 Jan, 1918 – 25 Oct, 1918	Succeeded by Henry C. Rawlings
Preceded by Robert G. Hamond	Captain of H.M.S. Valorous 25 Oct, 1918 – 22 Jan, 1919	Succeeded by Frederick E. K. Strong
Preceded by Geoffrey Mackworth	Captain of H.M.S. Valkyrie 22 Jan, 1919 – 9 Jan, 1920	Succeeded by Hugh D. Colville
Preceded by Frederick E. K. Strong	Captain of H.M.S. Shakespeare 9 Jan, 1920 – 7 May, 1921	Succeeded by Sir Andrew B. Cunningham
Preceded by Philip H. Waterer	Captain of H.M.S. Comus 15 Jun, 1923 – Jul, 1923	Succeeded by Henry G. Thursfield
Preceded by Eric G. Robinson	Captain of H.M.S. Shakespeare Sep, 1923 – 15 Sep, 1924	Succeeded by Lewis G. E. Crabbe
Preceded by Eric G. Robinson	Captain (D), Seventh Destroyer Flotilla Sep, 1923 – 15 Sep, 1924	Succeeded by Lewis G. E. Crabbe
Preceded by The Hon. Edward B. S. Bingham	Captain of H.M.S. Montrose 1 Oct, 1924 – 10 Feb, 1925	Succeeded by Edward O. B. S. Osborne
Preceded by The Hon. Edward B. S. Bingham	Captain (D), Fourth Destroyer Flotilla 1 Oct, 1924 – 29 Apr, 1926	Succeeded by Cyril H. G. Benson
Preceded by Eric Q. Carter	Captain of H.M.S. Broke 10 Feb, 1925 – Oct, 1926	Succeeded by Cyril H. G. Benson
Preceded by Richard A. A. Plowden	Captain of H.M.S. Malcolm 29 Jun, 1928 – 15 Feb, 1929	Succeeded by Guy L. Coleridge
Preceded by Leonard S. Holbrook	Captain of H.M.S. Birmingham 15 Feb, 1929 – 14 May, 1929	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Guy L. Coleridge	Captain of H.M.S. Shakespeare 14 May, 1929 – 12 Dec, 1929	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Leonard S. Holbrook	Captain of H.M.S. Cleopatra 12 Dec, 1929 – 29 Dec, 1929	Succeeded by Cecil N. Reyne
Preceded by James D. Campbell	Captain of H.M.S. Hermes Oct, 1930 – Mar, 1932	Succeeded by Francis R. Baxter