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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.]
 
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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

  1. ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 March, 1922. Issue 42990, col A, pg. 23.
  2. ↑ "Oliver Typescript Memoir." II. pp. 270-271.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir John Green" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 2 November, 1948. Issue 51218, col E, pg. 7.

Service Record


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
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