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Revision as of 20:45, 26 March 2018
Admiral of the Fleet SIR James Fownes Somerville, G.C.B., G.B.E., D.S.O., Royal Navy (17 July, 1882 – 19 March, 1949) was an officer of the Royal Navy who played an extensive role in helping the service adopt and exploit wireless signalling.
Early Life & Career
Somerville was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 March, 1904.[1]
Somerville was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 March, 1912.[2]
Somerville was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1915.[3]
Somerville was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1921.[4]
Somerville was appointed in command of Benbow on 20 August, 1922, but Kenelm Everard Lane Creighton was superseded him as a temporary captain in November, 1923.
He was appointed in command of the heavy cruiser Norfolk on 28 December, 1931. He would be superseded in her when she was recommissioned.[5]
Somerville was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 12 October, 1933.[6]
Somerville was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 11 September, 1937.[7]
Somerville was retired as medically unfit on 31 July, 1939.[8]
World War II
Somerville was promoted to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 6 April, 1942.[9] [TO BE CONTINUED - TONE]
Bibliography
- "Admiral of the Fleet Sir J. Somerville" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 21 March, 1949. Issue 51335, col E, pg. 7.
- Macintyre, Captain Donald (1961). Fighting Admiral: The Life of Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Somerville, G.C.B., G.B.E., D.S.O.. London: Evans Brothers Limited.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/87. f. 292.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/87. f. 292.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/87. f. 292.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/87. f. 292.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/87. f. 292.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/87. f. 292.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/87. f. 292.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/87. f. 292.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/87. f. 292.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 292.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 292.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 292.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 292.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 216.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 292.
- ↑ Inferred from successor. Monroe Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 403.
- ↑ Date inferred from his successor in Barham and Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 292.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 292.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 292.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 292.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 292.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/87. f. 292.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/87. f. 292.
- ↑ Successor assumed command that month. Tovey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 131.
- ↑ Somerville Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 292.