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==Early Life & Career==
 
==Early Life & Career==
 
Kelly supposedly said at a discussion, "I subscribe to the views of Lord St. Vincent, Lord Nelson, Lord Jellicoe, and Lord Beatty.  get your bravery over young and before you command the British Fleet, which must not be deliberately exposed to the risks and chances of night action."<ref>Lowis.  p. 209.</ref>
 
Kelly supposedly said at a discussion, "I subscribe to the views of Lord St. Vincent, Lord Nelson, Lord Jellicoe, and Lord Beatty.  get your bravery over young and before you command the British Fleet, which must not be deliberately exposed to the risks and chances of night action."<ref>Lowis.  p. 209.</ref>
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Kelly was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 1 January, 1931.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33675/supplements/3 (Supplement) no. 33675.  p. 3.]  1 January, 1931.</ref>
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
 
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Revision as of 17:40, 2 September 2012

Admiral SIR William Archibald Howard Kelly, G.B.E., K.C.B., C.M.G., M.V.O., Royal Navy (6 September, 1873 – 14 September, 1952) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Kelly supposedly said at a discussion, "I subscribe to the views of Lord St. Vincent, Lord Nelson, Lord Jellicoe, and Lord Beatty. get your bravery over young and before you command the British Fleet, which must not be deliberately exposed to the risks and chances of night action."[1]

Kelly was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 1 January, 1931.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Lowis. p. 209.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 33675. p. 3. 1 January, 1931.

Bibliography

  • "Adm. Sir Howard Kelly" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 15 September, 1952. Issue 54217, col D, pg. 8.

Service Records


Naval Appointments

 

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