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:Fisher had a hatred of the D.O.D. R.A. Leveson, and when Fisher was yarning in my office, as he often did, and Leveson came in, as soon as he went out Fisher would say he was a 'traitor'. I asked him once what he had against Leveson and he said he could not remember but he knew he had something. Fisher was so set against Leveson that I went to Churchill and told him and asked that he might get a command at sea and Churchill sent him to the 2nd Battle | :Fisher had a hatred of the D.O.D. R.A. Leveson, and when Fisher was yarning in my office, as he often did, and Leveson came in, as soon as he went out Fisher would say he was a 'traitor'. I asked him once what he had against Leveson and he said he could not remember but he knew he had something. Fisher was so set against Leveson that I went to Churchill and told him and asked that he might get a command at sea and Churchill sent him to the 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron.(Mackay. p. 470.) | ||
Leveson was confirmed in the rank of Vice-Admiral on [[1 January]], [[1919]]. | Leveson was confirmed in the rank of Vice-Admiral on [[1 January]], [[1919]]. |
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Admiral SIR Arthur Cavenagh Leveson, G.C.B., F.R.G.S., Royal Navy (27 January, 1868 – 26 June, 1929) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Oliver later recounted:
- Fisher had a hatred of the D.O.D. R.A. Leveson, and when Fisher was yarning in my office, as he often did, and Leveson came in, as soon as he went out Fisher would say he was a 'traitor'. I asked him once what he had against Leveson and he said he could not remember but he knew he had something. Fisher was so set against Leveson that I went to Churchill and told him and asked that he might get a command at sea and Churchill sent him to the 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron.(Mackay. p. 470.)
Leveson was confirmed in the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 January, 1919.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir Arthur Leveson" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 28 June, 1929. Issue 45241, col D, pg. 18.
- Mackay, Ruddock Finlay (1973). Fisher of Kilverstone. London: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0198224095.