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*The National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7917782&queryType=1&resultcount=7 ADM 196/42.] | *The National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7917782&queryType=1&resultcount=7 ADM 196/42.] | ||
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+ | | colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#CEDFF2" | '''Naval Offices''' | ||
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+ | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Herbert Leopold Heath|Sir Herbert L. Heath]]''' | ||
+ | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| '''[[Coast of Scotland Station|Commanding Officer, Coast of Scotland]] and [[Rosyth Dockyard|Admiral Superintendent of Rosyth Dockyard]]'''<br>1922 – 1923 | ||
+ | | width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;" align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, First Baronet|Sir Reginald Y. Tyrhwitt]]''' | ||
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[[Category:1866 births|Green]] | [[Category:1866 births|Green]] |
Revision as of 19:01, 28 September 2010
Admiral SIR John Frederick Ernest Green, K.C.M.G., C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (8 August, 1866 – 30 October, 1948) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
On 1 April, 1922, Green was appointed Commanding Officer, Coast of Scotland and Admiral Superintendent of Rosyth Dockyard.[1]
Retirement
While shooting in Fife on 31 October, 1925 with fellow retired admiral Edward H. Moubray and Admiral Sir Henry Oliver, Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet, Green wheeled for a woodcock, fired and shot one barrel into Oliver, fortunately not seriously injuring him. According to Oliver, Green had accidentally shot someone before, and acquired a reputation for doing so.[2]
Footnotes
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir John Green" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 2 November, 1948. Issue 51218, col E, pg. 7.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
Naval Offices | ||
Preceded by Sir Herbert L. Heath |
Commanding Officer, Coast of Scotland and Admiral Superintendent of Rosyth Dockyard 1922 – 1923 |
Succeeded by Sir Reginald Y. Tyrhwitt |
Categories:
- 1866 births
- 1948 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1879
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Pigmy (1888)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Caledonia (Boys' Training Ship)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Essex (1901)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Royal Arthur (1891)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Natal (1905)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. New Zealand (1911)
- Admirals Superintendent on the Clyde
- Senior Naval Officers on the White Sea
- Commanding Officers, Coast of Scotland and Admirals Superintendent of Rosyth Dockyard
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers