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==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
Born in Greenwich, Haddon listed his mother as his guardian when he joined the Navy.
Born in Greenwich, Haddon listed his mother as his guardian when he joined the Navy.<ref>Haddon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/274.|}}  f. 308.</ref>


Haddon was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1908.
Haddon was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1908.<ref>Haddon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/274.|}}  f. 308.</ref>


Haddon was serving in the {{UK-1Cumberland|f=t}} the war broke out.  He was transferred to the new {{UK-Revenge|f=t}} on 16 November 1915.  Promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 31 December, 1916, he remained in ''Revenge'' through the end of the war.
Haddon was serving in the {{UK-1Cumberland|f=t}} the war broke out.  He was transferred to the new {{UK-Revenge|f=t}} on 16 November 1915.  Promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 31 December, 1916, he remained in ''Revenge'' through the end of the war.<ref>Haddon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/274.|}}  f. 308.</ref>


Haddon was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1921.
Haddon was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1921.<ref>Haddon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/274.|}}  f. 308.</ref>


==World War II==
==World War II==
Convoy-related work based from Belfast and Liverpool, the latter vice Peyton Jones.<ref>Haddon Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/274.|}}  f. 308.</ref>


==See Also==
==See Also==
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Ralph+Daniel+Blyth+Haddon Service Records]
* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Ralph+Daniel+Blyth+Haddon Service Records]
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Latest revision as of 16:44, 31 October 2022

Commander (retired) Ralph Daniel Blyth Haddon, D.S.C. (13 March, 1887 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Greenwich, Haddon listed his mother as his guardian when he joined the Navy.[1]

Haddon was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1908.[2]

Haddon was serving in the armoured cruiser Cumberland the war broke out. He was transferred to the new battleship Revenge on 16 November 1915. Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1916, he remained in Revenge through the end of the war.[3]

Haddon was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1921.[4]

World War II

Convoy-related work based from Belfast and Liverpool, the latter vice Peyton Jones.[5]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Lewis T. Peyton-Jones
Captain of H.M.S. Liverpool
31 Aug, 1943[6] – mid 1944[7]
Succeeded by
Peter Dawnay

Footnotes

  1. Haddon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. 308.
  2. Haddon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. 308.
  3. Haddon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. 308.
  4. Haddon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. 308.
  5. Haddon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/274. f. 308.
  6. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  7. Uboat.net page on the ship.