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{{AdmRN}} '''Edward Montgomery Phillpotts''', C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (1 August, 1871 – 9 April, 1952) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]].
{{AdmRN}} '''Edward Montgomery Phillpotts''', C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (1 August, 1871 – 9 April, 1952) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]].


Assumed duties of [[Naval Assistant to the Second Sea Lord]] on 31 July, 1912.
Phillpotts assumed the duties of [[Naval Assistant to the Second Sea Lord]] on 31 July, 1912.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 8 July, 1912.  Issue '''39945''', col C, pg. 11.</ref>


Phillpotts served as [[Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord]], [[John Rushworth Jellicoe, First Earl Jellicoe|Sir John Jellicoe]] from December, 1916 to October, 1917.  He was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}}, vice [[Alexander Ludovic Duff|Duff]], on 15 January, 1918.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30488/pages/1092 no. 30488.  p. 1092.]  22 January, 1918.</ref>
Phillpotts served as [[Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord]], [[John Rushworth Jellicoe, First Earl Jellicoe|Sir John Jellicoe]] from December, 1916 to October, 1917.  He was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}}, vice [[Alexander Ludovic Duff|Duff]], on 15 January, 1918.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30488/pages/1092 no. 30488.  p. 1092.]  22 January, 1918.</ref>

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Admiral Edward Montgomery Phillpotts, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (1 August, 1871 – 9 April, 1952) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.

Phillpotts assumed the duties of Naval Assistant to the Second Sea Lord on 31 July, 1912.[1]

Phillpotts served as Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord, Sir John Jellicoe from December, 1916 to October, 1917. He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, vice Duff, on 15 January, 1918.[2]

Footnotes

  1. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 8 July, 1912. Issue 39945, col C, pg. 11.
  2. London Gazette: no. 30488. p. 1092. 22 January, 1918.

Bibliography

  • "Adml. Phillpotts" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 14 April, 1952. Issue 52285, col D, pg. 8.

Service Record

Papers

  • Papers in the possession of the Imperial War Museum, featuring an account of the Battle of Jutland by Humphrey Thomas Walwyn.