William Munro Kerr

William Munro Kerr
Born	4 March 1876 Campsie, Stirlingshire
Died	26 October 1959 (1959-10-27) (aged 83) Lymington, Hampshire
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1892–1936
Rank	Vice Admiral
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath

Vice Admiral Sir William Munro Kerr KBE, CB (4 March 1876 – 26 October 1959) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be First Naval Member & Chief of the Australian Naval Staff.

Naval service

Born the son of George Munro Kerr and his wife, Jessie Elizabeth Martin,^[1] Kerr joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1892.^[2] By then a Lieutenant, he was in November 1901 lent to the Royal Naval College, Greenwich for the compass course.^[3] The following year he was in May appointed lieutenant in charge of navigation at HMS Hermione, serving at the Mediterranean station.^[4] After serving in World War I he was appointed Captain of the Dockyard and King's Harbour Master at Rosyth in 1921 and Rear Admiral of the 1st Battle Squadron of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1928.^[5] He went on to be First Naval Member & Chief of the Australian Naval Staff in 1929^[6] and, having been promoted to Vice Admiral in 1931,^[2] he became Commander-in-Chief of the Reserve Fleet later that year.^[7] He retired in 1936.^[8]

He died at Lymington in Hampshire in October 1959.^[1]

References

1 2 The Scottish War Graves Project
1 2 Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904–1945
↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Tuesday, 29 October 1901. (36598), p. 8.
↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Tuesday, 6 May 1902. (36760), p. 11.
↑ Mediterranean Fleet The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 March 1928
↑ Four New Admirals Evening Post, 23 May 1929
↑ Royal Navy October 1932
↑ Whitaker's Almanack 1937

Military offices
Preceded by Rear Admiral William Napier	First Naval Member, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board 1929–1931	Succeeded by Admiral Sir George Hyde
Preceded by Sir Frank Larken	Commander-in-Chief, Reserve Fleet 1932–1934	Succeeded by Edward Astley-Rushton

Chiefs of the Royal Australian Navy

Director, Commonwealth Naval Forces	Sir William Rooke Creswell

First Naval Members, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board	Sir William Rooke Creswell Sir Percy Grant Sir Allan Everett Percival Hall-Thompson William Napier Sir William Munro Kerr Sir George Hyde Sir Ragnar Colvin Sir Guy Royle Sir Louis Keppel Hamilton Sir John Augustine Collins Sir Roy Dowling Sir Henry Burrell Sir Hastings Harrington Sir Alan McNicoll Sir Victor Smith Sir Richard Peek Sir David Stevenson

Chiefs of the Naval Staff	Sir Anthony Synnot Sir James Willis David Leach Michael Hudson Ian MacDougall Rodney Taylor

Chiefs of Navy	Rodney Taylor Donald Chalmers David Shackleton Chris Ritchie Russ Shalders Russell Crane Raymond Griggs Timothy Barrett

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