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Ross, John Kenneth Leveson

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Title Commander (RNCVR)
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Birth 00/00/1876 Death 00/00/1951
Place Lindsay Place Fire Island
Area ON Area
Country Canada Country Jamaica
 
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Military Service
He was appointed as a Captain in the 5th Royal Highland Regiment of Canada (Militia). He was found to be medically unfit 1914. (Transferred to the RNCVR). He was appointed as a Lieutenant RNCVR (With seniority dated 25/08/1914). He served in HMCS Tuna 1914. He served in HMCS Grilse (In command) 1915-16. He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander RNCVR 1916. He was appointed as a Commander RNCVR (With seniority dated 22/12/1917). (He was demobilized.)
 
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Anecdotes
(He personally donated $500,000 to purchase vessels for the First World War effort, and was subsequently appointed as commanding officer of HMCS Grilse.) In 1919, Ross owned two of the best three-year-olds in North America. Sir Barton and the 1918 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt, Billy Kelly, finished one-two in the 1919 Kentucky Derby. Sir Barton then went on to win the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes to become the first-ever winner of the U.S. Triple Crown. For 1919, Sir Barton was voted American Horse of the Year. On its formation in 1976, he was inducted posthumously into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. He caught a a 720 pound tuna on a rod and reel which stood as the world record until it was broken by his son-in-law.
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Blatherwick, John (1992);
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2011-03-02 00:00:00

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