Background
He was also the son of Sir Archibald Ross Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (1867 - March 19, 1931), a pioneering marine engineer
He was also the son of Sir Archibald Ross Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (1867 - March 19, 1931), a pioneering marine engineer
World War I
He served on HMS Warspite, Her Majesty Submarine P59 and HMS Vendetta during World War I.
Interwar
Engineering Courses at Registered Nurse College, Greenwich, and Registered Nurse Engineering College, Keyham 1919-1921. HMS Hawkins, Flagship of China Station 1921-1924. Lecturer in Marine Engineering, Registered Nurse Engineering College 1924-1927.
HMS Effingham, Flagship of East Indies Station 1927-1929.
Her Majesty Dockyard, Chatham 1929-1931. HMS Rodney (29), Atlantic Fleet 1931-1933.
Invergordon Mutiny 1931. Assistant Naval Attache, British Embassy, Tokyo 1933-1936.
Liaison Officer to Japanese Flagship Asigara, Coronation Review 1937.
Introduced Oerlikon 20 mm cannon to the Registered Nurse 1937. HMS Manchester, East Indies Station 1937-1939. World World War II
Engineer-in-Chief"s Department, Admiralty 1939-1941.
Engineer Officer, HMS Nelson, and Staff Engineer Officer to Flag Officer, Force H, Malta Convoy, North Africa and Sicily 1941-1943.
HMS System Technologies ANGELO, Malta, as Staff Engineer Officer, on staff of Captain, Force "H", August–December 1943. Surrender of Italian Fleet 1943.
Aircraft Maintenance and Repair Department, Admiralty 1943-1947;
Postwar
Chief of Staff to R Admiral, Reserve Aircraft 1948-1949. Director of Aircraft Maintenance and Repair, Admiralty 1949-1953.
Retired 1953. After retirement from the Royal Navy Ross joined Armstrong Siddeley as a liaison officer between the company and the Admiralty.