We remember Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss

Timeline

Timeline

1864
birth St James, London, Middlesex United Kingdom Source:7642101 Source:8487569 12th April 1864
1877
enlistment HMS Britannia United Kingdom Source:7642101 15th July 1877
1881
service Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Bacchante Source:8487569 1881
1883
service Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Source:7642101 24th September 1883
1887
service Royal Navy Lieutenant Source:8545937 1st April 1887
1898
service Royal Navy Commander Source:8546078 10th September 1898
1901
service Royal Navy Captain Source:7642101 6th November 1901
1911
service Royal Navy Rear Admiral Source:8546259 20th April 1911
1916
service Royal Navy Vice Admiral Source:8546330 8th December 1916
1917
service Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet Source:8487452 1917
service Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet Source:8487449
1933
death Not War Related Cannes France Source:8487452 24th May 1933

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Rosslyn Erskine
Initials RE
Last Name Wemyss
Source 7642101
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet
Royal Navy HMS Bacchante Midshipman
Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant
Royal Navy Lieutenant
Royal Navy Commander
Royal Navy Captain
Royal Navy Rear Admiral
Royal Navy Vice Admiral
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Millicent Ann Mary Kennedy nee Erskine mother
James Erskine Wemyss father

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Official Records

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Royal Navy Officers: 1899 - 1919
Royal Navy Officers 1899-1919 Transcription Anne1202
1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription Anne1202

External Evidence

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Rosslyn Wemyss. 1st Baron Wester Wemyss Anne1202
Lieutenant Trevor65535
Gift for the Queen Trevor65535
Member of the Royal Victorian Order Trevor65535
Commander Trevor65535
Extra Equerry to Prince of Wales Trevor65535
Aide de Camp to the King Trevor65535
Extra Equerry to the King Trevor65535
Order of St Michael and St George Trevor65535
Rear Admiral Trevor65535
Order of the Nile Trevor65535

Multimedia

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Admiral of the Fleet R E W Wemyss Anne1202
German Surrender 1918 Anne1202
The Helles Landings 1915 Anne1202
Signing of the Armistice Anne1202
Photograph of Admiral Wemyss Charlotte33

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