Walter Ellerton

Admiral Walter Maurice Ellerton CB (5 August 1870 – 27 November 1948) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be commander-in-chief of the East Indies Station.

Walter Ellerton
Born5 August 1870
Died27 November 1948 (1948-11-28) (aged 78)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Cornwall
East Indies Station
Battles/warsWorld War I
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Educated at Sherborne, Ellerton joined the Royal Navy in 1884.[1][2] He served in World War I and, as captain of HMS Cornwall, took part in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in December 1914.[3] He was commended for his service in Gallipoli in 1915.[4]

Promoted to rear admiral in 1921,[2] he was appointed director of training and staff duties at the Admiralty that year,[5] senior naval officer in Gibraltar in 1923[6] and commander-in-chief of the East Indies Station in 1925.[7] He was promoted to vice admiral on 4 October 1926,[8] and retired with the rank of admiral in 1929.[9]

Family

In 1909 Ellerton married Gwendolen Mary Kennard.[10]

References
  1. "The Sherborne Register 1550-1950" (PDF). Old Shirbirnian Society. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
  2. "Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  3. World War I Naval Battles
  4. "London Gazette". Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  5. Whitaker's Almanack 1922
  6. Whitaker's Almanack 1924
  7. Whitaker's Almanack 1926
  8. "No. 33209". The London Gazette. 8 October 1926. p. 6440.
  9. Whitaker's Almanack 1930
  10. The Peerage.com
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