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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Cecil Fiennes Thursby|nick=Sir Cecil F. Thursby|appt=19 June, 1916{{UKCeased|f. 32}}|end=25 August, 1917<ref>Thursby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 658.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Cecil Fiennes Thursby|nick=Sir Cecil F. Thursby|appt=19 June, 1916{{UKCeased|f. 32}}|end=25 August, 1917<ref>Thursby Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 658.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Sydney Robert Fremantle|nick=Sydney F. Fremantle|appt=13 August, 1917{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron|end=2 January, 1918<ref>Fremantle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 473.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Sydney Robert Fremantle|nick=Sydney F. Fremantle|appt=13 August, 1917{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron|end=2 January, 1918<ref>Fremantle Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 473.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|nick=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|appt=2 January, 1918{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron}} | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|nick=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|appt=2 January, 1918{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}|end=February, 1918|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Cecil Foley Lambert|nick=Cecil F. Lambert|appt=24 February, 1918{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}|end=1 September, 1918<ref>Lambert Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 279.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron}} | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Cecil Foley Lambert|nick=Cecil F. Lambert|appt=24 February, 1918{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}|end=1 September, 1918<ref>Lambert Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 279.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|nick=Michael Culme-Seymour|appt=1 September, 1918{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 477.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron|end=31 December, 1918<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 477.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|nick=Michael Culme-Seymour|appt=1 September, 1918{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 477.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron|end=31 December, 1918<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 477.</ref>}} | ||
Latest revision as of 12:43, 9 August 2022
The Eastern Mediterranean Squadron was renamed the Ægean Squadron upon Rear-Admiral Sydney R. Fremantle taking command in August, 1917.[1] At the same time, the commander went from being a Vice-Admiral to a Rear-Admiral, and the second-in-command was dropped.
In Command
Dates of appointment given:
- Vice-Admiral Sackville H. Carden, 20 September, 1914[2]
- Acting Vice-Admiral Sir John M. de Robeck, 17 March, 1915[3] – 19 June, 1916[4]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil F. Thursby, 19 June, 1916[5] – 25 August, 1917[6]
- Rear-Admiral Sydney F. Fremantle, 13 August, 1917[7] – 2 January, 1918[8]
- Rear-Admiral Arthur Hayes-Sadler, 2 January, 1918[9] – February, 1918
- Rear-Admiral Cecil F. Lambert, 24 February, 1918[10] – 1 September, 1918[11]
- Rear-Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour, 1 September, 1918[12][13] – 31 December, 1918[14]
- Rear-Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour, 1 January, 1919[15] – 19 October, 1919[16] (as Rear-Admiral Commanding, Black Sea & Sea of Marmora)
Second-in-Command
- Rear-Admiral Sir Cecil F. Thursby, March, 1915
- Rear-Admiral Stuart Nicholson, June, 1915
- Rear-Admiral Arthur H. Christian, July, 1915[17] – 20 July, 1917[18] (flag in Swiftsure)
- Rear-Admiral Sydney R. Fremantle, February, 1916[19] – 27 July, 1916[20]
- Rear-Admiral Arthur Hayes-Sadler, 15 July, 1916[21] – 2 January, 1918[22]
John M. de Robeck may have held this command prior to being made Vice-Admiral Commanding.[Fact Check]
Footnotes
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 32.
- ↑ Carden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 185.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 32.
- ↑ de Robeck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 128.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 32.
- ↑ Thursby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 658.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 473.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 279.
- ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
- ↑ Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 142.
- ↑ Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 142.
- ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 473.
- ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 473.
- ↑ Hayes-Sadler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 44.
- ↑ Hayes-Sadler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 44.
