Cecil Ryther Acklom
Senior British officer in the Royal Navy
About Cecil Ryther Acklom
Lived 1872 – 1937 (aged 65).
Captain Cecil Ryther Acklom (31 May 1872 – 12 June 1937), was a senior British officer in the Royal Navy, ‘a key figure in the development of the torpedo for over a decade’, Assistant Superintendent at the Royal Gun Factory, Woolwich (1899-1910) and Superintendent of the Royal Torpedo Factory in Greenock (1910–19).
Life and career Acklom was born on 31 May 1872, the son of Robert Evatt Acklom.
Acklom entered the Royal Navy in 1885 and in 1890 saw action in East Africa on the coast at Vitu where he was awarded a medal and clasp. and CBE in 1919.
Acklom never married. He died on 12 June 1937.
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Who was Cecil Ryther Acklom?
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Cecil Ryther Acklom was born on 31 May 1872 in Băuțar.
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Cecil Ryther Acklom died on 12 June 1937 in Clontarf.
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