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File:Everett.jpg
Admiral Sir Allan F. Everett.
Photo: The Times.

Admiral SIR Allan Frederic Everett, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (22 February, 1868 – 22 January, 1938) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Everett attained 994 marks in the entrance examination. Because four candidates who had been nominated for the Navy had failed the examination, and another candidate's health precluded him from joining, cadetships were given to the five candidates who had scored the highest in the exam. Everett had placed fourth.[1]

Everett was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1891.[2]

On 3 March, 1894, Everett was appointed Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Compton E. Domvile in the Mediterranean.[3]

Everett was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1901.[4]

Captain

Everett was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1905.[5]

He was appointed command of the battleship King Edward VII on 9 August, 1910.[6]

He was appointed command of the dreadnought Neptune on 5 December, 1911.[7]

Everett was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1914.[8]

Vice-Admiral Humphrey Hugh Smith recounts an amusing anecdote of Everett at the time of the 1914 Spring Cruise:

About half-past two in the middle watch the Captain of the Fleet came out of the fleet flagship's chart-house and leaned wearily against the rails of the fore bridge. Suddenly the sound of a merrily whistled tune struck him in the ear. This sound seemed to come up from down below the fore bridge. The Captain of the Fleet peered down into the inky blackness benath him and shouted out: "Dry up, you noisy son of a bitch!" The whistling promptly ceased. A few minutes later the Commander-in-Chief came up on to the fore bridge, stood alongside the Captain of the Fleet, and discussed the general situation. After a while he remarked: "I am sorry, Captain of the Fleet, that you do not like music." "But I am very fond of music, sir," protested the Captain of the Fleet. "Well, if you are really fond of music," continued the Commander-in-Chief, "you would not have been so rude to me just now when I was trying to whistle."[9]

Great War

Everett was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 27 April, 1917.[10]

Post-War

Upon the dispersal of the Grand Fleet, Everett received command of the Eighth Light Cruiser Squadron, dated 10 March, 1919.[11]

On 3 May, 1922, he was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 3 May, 1922.[12]

He was appointed Commander-in-Chief on the China Station in succession to Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur C. Leveson, dated 10 September, 1924.[13]

He was placed on the Retired List on 12 August, 1925.[14] He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 8 November, 1926.[15]

Everett died at 24 Morpeth Gardens, London, on 22 January, 1938.[16] His funeral service was held at St. Jude's, Southsea, on 26 January.[17]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 29 June, 1881. Issue 30233, col D, pg. 7.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26188. p. 4070. 31 July, 1891.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 5 March, 1894. Issue 34203, col A, pg. 7.
  4. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27335. p. 4780. 19 July, 1901.
  5. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27870. p. 25. 2 January, 1906.
  6. ↑ Everett Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 23.
  7. ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 8 December, 1911. Issue 39763, col A, pg. 17.
  8. ↑ Edinburgh Gazette: no. 12630. p. 7. 2 January, 1914.
  9. ↑ Smith. pp. 257-258.
  10. ↑ London Gazette: no. 30042. p. 4095. 1 May, 1917.
  11. ↑ "End of Grand Fleet" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 3 April, 1919. Issue 42065, col D, pg. 13.
  12. ↑ London Gazette: no. 32695. p. 3626. 9 May, 1922.
  13. ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 2 May, 1924. Issue 43641, col G, pg. 5.
  14. ↑ London Gazette: no. 33077. p. 5563. 21 August, 1925.
  15. ↑ London Gazette: no. 33222. p. 7477. 19 November, 1926.
  16. ↑ "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times. Monday, 24 January, 1938. Issue 47900, col A, pg. 1.
  17. ↑ "Funeral Services" (Deaths). The Times. Thursday, 27 January, 1938. Issue 47903, col E, pg. 15.

Bibliography

Service Records

See Also


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Charles M. de Bartolomé 		Captain of
H.M.S. Neptune
1911 – 1913 		Succeeded by
Robert N. Lawson
Preceded by
William O. Boothby 		Captain of the Fleet,
Home Fleets
1913 – 1915 		Succeeded by
Lionel Halsey
Preceded by
Charles Bartolomé 		Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty
1916 – 1918 		Succeeded by
Rudolf W. Bentinck
Preceded by
Rudolf W. Bentinck 		Rear-Admiral Commanding,
Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron
1918 – 1919 		Succeeded by
Command Abolished
Preceded by
William A. H. Kelly 		Rear-Admiral Commanding,
Eighth Light Cruiser Squadron
1919 – 1921 		Succeeded by
Command Abolished
Preceded by
Sir Arthur C. Leveson 		Commander-in-Chief on the China Station
1924 – 1925 		Succeeded by
David M. Anderson (Temp.)
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