Alfred Ransom (Royal Navy officer)
Alfred Charles Ransom | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 August 1871 |
| Died | 28 June 1953 Torquay |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1888–1926 |
| Rank | Rear admiral |
| Battles / wars | Boxer Rebellion First World War |
| Awards | CBE |
Rear Admiral Alfred Charles Ransom CBE (1871–1953) was a senior Royal Navy officer.[1]
Naval career
[edit]Born on 22 August 1871, Alfred Ransom was educated at Bedford Modern School (1878–84),[2] and Bedford School. He received his first commission in the Royal Navy in 1888 and served during the anti-slavery Gambia Expedition, in 1894. He served in China during the Boxer Rebellion, between 1900 and 1901, and during the First World War, serving aboard HMS Dreadnought between 1914 and 1916. He attained the rank of paymaster rear admiral and retired from the Royal Navy in 1926.[1]
Rear Admiral Alfred Ransom was invested as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1925. He died in Torquay on 28 June 1953.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ransom, Rear-Admiral (S) Alfred Charles, (22 Aug. 1871–28 June 1953)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U242132. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1.
- ^ Bedford Modern School (Bedford, England), VIPAN, Herbert Edwin (21 April 1901). A register of the old boys of the Bedford Modern School. Compiled and edited by H.E. Vipan ... Together with a few chapters on its history and institutions. W.J. Robinson. p. 102. OCLC 557698898 – via Open WorldCat.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Name Ransom, Alfred Charles Date of Birth: 20 August 1871 Rank: Paymaster..." 15 July 1888 – via The National Archives (UK).