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Tweedie was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 2 March, 1926, vice [[Frederick Parland Loder-Symonds|Loder Symonds]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33139/pages/1650 no. 33139.  p. 1650.]  5 March, 1926.</ref>
 
Tweedie was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 2 March, 1926, vice [[Frederick Parland Loder-Symonds|Loder Symonds]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33139/pages/1650 no. 33139.  p. 1650.]  5 March, 1926.</ref>
  
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==Who was Who==
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He was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 8 May, 1935, vice [[Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, First Baron Chatfield|Chatfield]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34159/pages/3048 no. 34159.  p. 3048.]  10 May, 1935.</ref>
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TWEEDIE, Adm. Sir Hugh Justin
 
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KCB, 1933 (CB 1919); JP, DL, CC Somerset
 
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Born 5 April 1877; s of Gen. Michael Tweedie, RA, who served in Crimea and Mutiny; m 1907, Constance Marion Crossman; two s four d ; died 20 Aug. 1951
 
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EDUCATION
 
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Britannia
 
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CAREER
 
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Served in Mediterranean, Cape, China, West Indies and N. America; Mexico, under Admiral Cradock; present at Tampico and Vera Cruz during American landing; carried despatches to British and Foreign Embassies in Mexico City, railway and telegraphic communications being interrupted; returned with over 100 American refugees, women and children, from Solidad and district; outbreak of war served in West Indies; afterwards in command of Marshal Ney Monitor on Belgian Coast, SNO Ismailia, Suez Canal, Dardanelles Patrol, Struma River operations against Bulgars and Turks, Adriatic, Venice; Command of 13th Flotilla Battle Cruiser Force; Commodore Commanding Flotillas with Grand Fleet (West African medal, Sierra Leone Clasp, CB, Japanese Order of Rising Sun, Officier Légion d’honneur); Director of Training and Staff Duties, Admiralty, 1923–25; a Naval ADC to the King, 1925; Rear-Adm. 1926; Rear-Adm. and Senior Naval Officer, Yangtze, 1927–29; Vice-Adm. 1930; Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station, 1931–33; Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, 1933–35; Admiral, 1935; retired list, 1936; Younger Brother, Trinity House
 
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PUBLICATION
 
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The Story of a Naval Life, 1939
 
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CLUB
 
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Army and Navy
 
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ADDRESS
 
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c/o Westminster Bank, 26 Haymarket, SW1
 
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 08:10, 3 April 2011

Admiral SIR Hugh Justin Tweedie, K.C.B., Royal Navy (5 April, 1877 – 20 August, 1951) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Great-War

On 8 December, 1917, Tweedie was appointed Commodore (F) in the Grand Fleet.[1]

Post-War

Tweedie was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 March, 1926, vice Loder Symonds.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 8 May, 1935, vice Chatfield.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 5.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 33139. p. 1650. 5 March, 1926.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 34159. p. 3048. 10 May, 1935.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Hugh Tweedie" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 22 August, 1951. Issue 52086, col E, pg. 8.
  • Tweedie, Admiral Sir Hugh J. (1939). The Story of a Naval Life. London: Rich and Cowan, Ltd..

Service Record

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