Sir John Green | |
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Born | August 8, 1866 |
Died | October 30, 1948 | (aged 82)
Allegiance |
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Service/branch |
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Years of service | 1882–1925 |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held |
HMS Essex (1901)[1] HMS Royal Arthur (1891)[1] HMS Natal (1905)[1] HMS New Zealand Coast of Scotland |
Battles/wars | World War I |
Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Sir John Frederick Ernest Green KCMG CB (8 August 1866 – 30 October 1948) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.
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Green joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1882,[2] was promoted to Lieutenant in 1890[3] and went on to command the gunboat HMS Pigmy during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 for which role he was mentioned in despatches and promoted to Commander 1 January 1901.[4][5] He served in World War I taking part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916 as Captain of the Battlecruiser HMS New Zealand (flagship to the Rear-Admiral Commanding the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron).[6] He continued his war service as Senior Naval Officer on the River Clyde from October 1917.[7] After the War he became Rear Admiral in the White Sea[8] and then Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland from 1922 before retiring in 1925.[9]
Family[]
In 1901 he married Maud Kathleen McInnoy.[2]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Dreadnought Project
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945
- ↑ "No. 26007". 31 December 1889. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26007/page/
- ↑ "No. 27263". 4 January 1901. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27263/page/
- ↑ Private Enterprise Naval Review, February 1949
- ↑ Royal Navy Honours and Gallantry Awards
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (June, 1918). p. 4.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 7.
- ↑ "No. 33010". 9 January 1925. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33010/page/
External links[]
- The Dreadnought Project: J
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