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'''Harry Rowlandson Godfrey''' ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
{{ViceRN}} (retired) '''Harry Rowlandson Godfrey''', C.B., D.S.O. (11 October, 1875 – 17 February, 1947) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].


==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
<!--Godfrey was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on  
Godfrey was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 September, 1898.<ref>Godfrey Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/235.|D7576608}} f. 235.</ref>


Godfrey was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on  
Godfrey was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1909.<ref>Godfrey Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/235.|D7576608}} f. 235.</ref>


Godfrey was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on  
Godfrey was appointed in command of the {{UK-1Beagle|f=t}} on 1 February, 1913.


Godfrey was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on
==Great War==
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Godfrey showed great courage in sweeping mines and patrolling inside the Dardanelles and in assisting the embarcation at Cata Telex on April 25/26, 1915.<ref>Godfrey Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/235.|D7576608}} f. 235.</ref>
Godfrey was appointed in command of the {{UK-Beagle|f=t}} on 1 February, 1913.{{NLJan15|p. 280}}


Godfrey was appointed in command of the {{UK-Vampire|f=t}} on 2 October, 1917.{{SMNLFeb19|p. 923a}}
Godfrey was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1915.<ref>Godfrey Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/235.|D7576608}} f. 235.</ref>


He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Valiant|f=t}} in November, 1924.{{MackieRNW}}
Godfrey was appointed in command of the {{UK-Vampire|f=t}} on 2 October, 1917.


==See Also==
==Post-War==
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On 4 November, 1919, Godfrey was appointed for temporary duties in the Training & Staff Duties Division to write a destroyer manual.  This was done outside the Admiralty and the work extended into 1920, but the rest of the date is not legible.  In January, 1921 he was taking a Senior Officers' Technical Course.<ref>Godfrey Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/235.|D7576608}} f. 235.</ref>
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He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Valiant|f=t}} in November, 1924.
 
Godfrey was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 6 August, 1926 and placed on the Retired List the following day at his own request.<ref>Godfrey Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/235.|D7576608}} f. 235.</ref>


==Bibliography==
Godfrey was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 2 April, 1931.<ref>Godfrey Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/235.|D7576608}} f. 235.</ref>
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==Service Records==
==See Also==
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Harry+Rowlandson+Godfrey Service Records]
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Latest revision as of 23:04, 6 April 2022

Vice-Admiral (retired) Harry Rowlandson Godfrey, C.B., D.S.O. (11 October, 1875 – 17 February, 1947) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Godfrey was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 September, 1898.[1]

Godfrey was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1909.[2]

Godfrey was appointed in command of the destroyer Beagle on 1 February, 1913.

Great War

Godfrey showed great courage in sweeping mines and patrolling inside the Dardanelles and in assisting the embarcation at Cata Telex on April 25/26, 1915.[3]

Godfrey was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1915.[4]

Godfrey was appointed in command of the flotilla leader Vampire on 2 October, 1917.

Post-War

On 4 November, 1919, Godfrey was appointed for temporary duties in the Training & Staff Duties Division to write a destroyer manual. This was done outside the Admiralty and the work extended into 1920, but the rest of the date is not legible. In January, 1921 he was taking a Senior Officers' Technical Course.[5]

He was appointed in command of the battleship Valiant in November, 1924.

Godfrey was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 6 August, 1926 and placed on the Retired List the following day at his own request.[6]

Godfrey was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 2 April, 1931.[7]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Geoffrey B. Spicer-Simson 		Captain of H.M.S. Charger
3 Jan, 1905[8] – 29 Aug, 1905 		Succeeded by
Christopher P. Metcalfe
Preceded by
Edward Secretan 		Captain of H.M.S. Teal
5 Feb, 1907[9][10] – 18 Mar, 1910[11] 		Succeeded by
Henry J. G. Good
Preceded by
Lionel J. G. Anderson 		Captain of H.M.S. Beagle
3 Feb, 1913[12] – 15 Sep, 1915[13] 		Succeeded by
Theodore E. J. Bigg
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of H.M.S. Greenwich
15 Feb, 1916[14][15] – Mar, 1917[16] 		Succeeded by
Clement L. Long
Preceded by
Walter L. Allen 		Captain of H.M.S. Ithuriel
Mar, 1917[17] – c. Oct, 1917[18] 		Succeeded by
Ernest W. Leir
Preceded by
Walter L. Allen 		Captain (D), Fourteenth Destroyer Flotilla
Mar, 1917[19] – 11 Feb, 1919[20] 		Succeeded by
Harold P. Henderson
Preceded by
Clarence W. E. Trelawny 		Captain of H.M.S. Vampire
2 Oct, 1917[21] – 11 Feb, 1919[22] 		Succeeded by
Claud F. Allsup
Preceded by
Brien M. Money 		Captain of H.M.S. Douglas
1 Mar, 1919[23] – 4 Nov, 1919[24] 		Succeeded by
George H. Knowles
Preceded by
Alan C. Bruce 		Captain (D), Seventh Destroyer Flotilla
1 Mar, 1919[25] – 4 Nov, 1919[26] 		Succeeded by
Humphrey T. Walwyn
Preceded by
Richard G. A. W. Stapleton-Cotton 		Captain of H.M.S. Dido
24 Feb, 1921[27][28] – 27 Feb, 1923[29] 		Succeeded by
Brien M. Money
Preceded by
David T. Norris 		Captain of H.M.S. Valiant
16 Nov, 1924[30] – after 20 Jan, 1926[31] 		Succeeded by
Humphrey T. Walwyn

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  2. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  3. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  4. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  5. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  6. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  7. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, December 24, 1904, Issue 37586, p.4.
  9. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 383.
  11. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  12. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  13. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  14. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394s.
  16. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 923a.
  18. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  19. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  20. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  21. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 923a.
  22. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  23. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  24. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  25. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  26. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  27. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 748.
  29. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  30. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 278.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 278.

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