VICE-ADMIRAL SIR ROSSLYN WEMYESS, SUCCESSOR TO SIR JOHN JEL-LICOE. Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyes was born in Fife on April 12, 1864. He entered the Navy in 1877; lieutenant in 1887, commander 1898, and captain 1901. From 1912 to 1913 he was rear-ad-miral of the Second Battle Squadron. Admiral Wemyss was in command of the squadron at the landing of the British troops in Gallipoli in April, 1915.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3332, 23 January 1918, Page 33 (Supplement)
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67VICE-ADMIRAL SIR ROSSLYN WEMYESS, SUCCESSOR TO SIR JOHN JEL-LICOE. Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyes was born in Fife on April 12, 1864. He entered the Navy in 1877; lieutenant in 1887, commander 1898, and captain 1901. From 1912 to 1913 he was rear-admiral of the Second Battle Squadron. Admiral Wemyss was in command of the squadron at the landing of the British troops in Gallipoli in April, 1915. Otago Witness, Issue 3332, 23 January 1918, Page 33 (Supplement)
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