Mark Kerr (admiral)
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Mark Edward Frederick Kerr CB, CVO (September 26, 1864 - January 10, 1944), British Rear Admiral was a son of Admiral Lord Frederick Kerr.
As commander of the Greek Navy at the outbreak of World War I, he helped keep Greece out of the war. In 1914, whilst on leave from his duties as head of the Greek Navy, Kerr learnt to fly making him the first British flag officer to become a pilot.
In 1918 Kerr was placed at disposal of Air Board to assist in the establishment of the Air Ministry. He was granted the rank of major-general in the Royal Air Force and served as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff.
His career is the basis for Geoffrey Miller's book Superior Force.
Kerr married Rose Margaret Gough on July 10, 1906. He died, aged 79, in 1944.
They had two daughters:
- Alix Liddell (b. May 10, 1907 - d. 1981)
- Luise Rosemary Kerr, born November 22, 1908 - d. ????
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Nonfiction
- Land, Sea and Air (1927)
- The Navy in My Time (1933)
- Prince Louis of Battenberg (1934)
[edit] References
- Hugh Gerald Pearson and others. Retrieved on 2006-10-17.
- Miller, Geoffrey. The Traitor: A Novel. Retrieved on 2006-10-17.
- Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation - Major-General M E F Kerr
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Deputy Chief of the Air Staff 1918 |
Succeeded by R M Groves |
