Whitworth, William Jock

Date of birth:: June 29th, 1884 (Chatham/Kent, England)
Date of death:: October 25th, 1973 (Bognor Regis/West Sussex, England)
Nationality:: British

Biography

Promotions:
1899: Cadet;
October 31st, 1906: Lieutenant;
October 31st, 1914: Lieutenant-Commander;
June 30th 1918: Commander;
December 31st, 1925: Captain;
July 1936: Rear-Admiral;
January 1st, 1940: Vice-Admiral;
January 1st, 1943: Admiral.

Career:
1899: Royal Navy;
January 15th, 1901: HMS Ocean;
January 12th, 1906: Commanding Officer HMS T.B. 67;
February 22nd, 1911: Commanding Officer HMS Bat;
March 20th, 1913: Commanding Officer HMS Cockatrice;
June 7th, 1916: Commanding Officer HMS Orestes;
April 4th, 1918: Commanding Officer HMS Vidette;
February 11th, 1919: Commanding Officer HMS Anzac;
January 3rd, 1922: Commanding Officer HMS Veteran;
April 1922: Commanding Officer HMS Verity;
January 5th, 1923: Commanding Officer HMS Wryneck;
July 30th, 1924: Commanding Officer HMS Valkyrie;
January 7th, 1927: Commanding Officer Physical and Recreational Training School, Portsmouth;
December 19th, 1928: Commanding Officer HMS Stuart / Commanding Officer 2nd Destroyer Flotilla;
October 17th, 1931: Commanding Officer HMS HMS Malcolm;
August 1933: Captian of the Fleet, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet;
May 29th, 1934: Commanding Officer HMS Centurion;
February 21st, 1936: Commanding Officer HMS Rodney;
June 7th, 1937: Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty;
June 1st, 1939 - March 11th, 1940: Commanding Officer Battlecruiser Squadron;
August 10th, 1940 - May 7th, 1941: Commanding Officer Battlecruiser Squadron;
June 1st, 1941 - December 31st, 1943: Second Sea Lord / Chief of Naval Personnel;
June 1st, 1944: Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth;
September 15th, 1946: Retirement.