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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Sackville Hamilton Carden|nick=Sackville H. Carden|appt=20 September, 1914<ref>Carden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 185.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{ViceRN}}|name=John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|nick=Sir John M. de Robeck]]|appt=17 March, 1915{{UKCeased|f. 32}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Cecil Fiennes Thursby|nick=Sir Cecil F. Thursby]]|appt=19 June, 1916{{UKCeased|f. 32}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Sydney Robert Fremantle|nick=Sydney F. Fremantle|appt=13 August, 1917{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|nick=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|appt=2 January, 1918{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Cecil Foley Lambert|nick=Cecil F. Lambert|appt=24 February, 1918{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|nick=Michael Culme-Seymour|appt=1 September, 1918{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron}}
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==Rear-Admirals==
==Rear-Admirals==


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<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Rear-Admiral, Second in Command, Eastern Mediterranean Squadron" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Rear-Admiral, Second in Command, Eastern Mediterranean Squadron}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Stuart Nicholson]], June, 1915|end=April, 1916|precBy=[[John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|John M. de Robeck]]?
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Stuart Nicholson|nick=Stuart Nicholson|appt=June, 1915}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Cecil Fiennes Thursby|Sir Cecil F. Thursby]], March, 1915
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Cecil Fiennes Thursby|nick=Sir Cecil F. Thursby|appt=March, 1915}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Arthur Henry Christian|Arthur H. Christian]], July, 1915|end=July, 1917
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur Henry Christian|nick=Arthur H. Christian|appt=July, 1915}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Sydney Robert Fremantle|Sydney R. Fremantle]], February, 1916|end=July, 1916
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Sydney Robert Fremantle|nick=Sydney R. Fremantle|appt=February, 1916}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Arthur Hayes-Sadler]], 15 July, 1916|end=July, 1917|succBy=Position Abolished
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|nick=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|appt=15 July, 1916}}
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Revision as of 19:08, 19 June 2014

The Eastern Mediterranean Squadron was renamed the Ægean Squadron upon Rear-Admiral Sydney R. Fremantle taking command in August, 1917.[1] At the same time, the commander went from being a Vice-Admiral to a Rear-Admiral, and the second-in-command was dropped.

Vice-Admirals Commanding

Dates of appointment given:

Algernon Walker-Heneage-Vivian also held this position at some time, likely after Culme-Seymour.[Fact Check]

Rear-Admirals

John M. de Robeck may have held this command prior to being made Vice-Admiral Commanding.[Fact Check]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 32.

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