Rowland Christopher Jerram 1890-1981

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  • Rowland Christopher Jerram 1890 – 23 April 1981
    • Aged 91 years
    • Born 20 February 1890
    • Salutation ‘Admiral Sir’
    • Letters KBE DSO DL
  • Sibyl Emily Loveday Jerram 1913 – 9 July 1913
  • Maria Florence Jerram 1854 – 27 January 1939
    • Aged 85 years
  • Helen Mary Jerram 1918 – 1 May 1985
    • Aged 67 years
  • Catherine Florence Jerram 1880 – 1969
    • Aged 89 years
  • Helen Muriel Jerram 1887 – 1975
    • Aged 88 years
  • John Frederic O’Neill Jerram 1915 – 9 March 1999
    • Aged 84 years

Joined Royal Navy in 1907 – Retired as Rear-Admiral in 1945

  • 1907: HMS King Alfred at the China Station, promoted to clerk
  • 1910: HMS Invincible, with Home fleet
  • 1911: Assistant paymaster on HMS Neptune
  • 1913: Paymaster Lieutenant
  • 1914: HMS Iron Duke with the Grand fleet
  • 1915: HMS Lion, taking part in the Battle of Dogger Bank
  • 1917: HMS Queen Elizabeth taking part in the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet, Nov 1918.
  • 1920: Secretary to Admiral Sir Ernie Chatfield, till 1940
  • 1921: Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander
  • 1929: Paymaster Commander
  • 1938: Paymaster Captain
  • 1942: HMS Cleopatra, taking part in the raising of the siege of Malta
  • 1943: Secretary to Combined Operations HQ under Earl Mountbatten, serving as Comptroller, in South East Asia.
  • 1945 head of the Admiralty Mission in the Mediterranean.
  • 1945: Retired as Rear-Admiral.

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