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==Early Life & Career== | ==Early Life & Career== | ||
Hughes-D'Aeth was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1896.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26809/pages/4 no. 26809. p. 4.] 1 January, 1897.</ref> | Hughes-D'Aeth was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 31 December, 1896.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26809/pages/4 no. 26809. p. 4.] 1 January, 1897.</ref> | ||
==Great War== | ==Great War== | ||
On 15 September 1916 he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) dated 31 May.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29751/supplements/9070 (Supplement) no. 29751. p. 9070.] 15 September, 1916.</ref> | On 15 September 1916 he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) dated 31 May.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29751/supplements/9070 (Supplement) no. 29751. p. 9070.] 15 September, 1916.</ref> | ||
He was appointed command of the {{UK-Dreadnought|f-t}} on 1 December, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (November, 1917). p. 393''e''.</ref> | He was appointed command of the {{UK-Dreadnought|f-t}} on 1 December, 1916.<ref>''The Navy List'' (November, 1917). p. 393''e''.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 22:07, 24 September 2012
Rear-Admiral Arthur Cloudesly Shovel Hughes D'Aeth, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (5 June, 1875 – 23 August, 1956) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
Hughes-D'Aeth was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1896.[1]
Great War
On 15 September 1916 he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) dated 31 May.[2]
He was appointed command of the Dreadnought on 1 December, 1916.[3]
He was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Shannon on 7 February, 1918.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26809. p. 4. 1 January, 1897.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29751. p. 9070. 15 September, 1916.
- ↑ The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 393e.
- ↑ The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 906a.
Bibliography
- "Rear-Admiral A. C. S. Hughes-D'Aeth" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 25 August, 1956. Issue 53619, col A, pg. 11.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/44.
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