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==Early Life & Career== | ==Early Life & Career== | ||
Scott was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1911.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28567/pages/3 no. 28567. p. 3.] 1 January, 1911.</ref> | Scott was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1911.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28567/pages/3 no. 28567. p. 3.] 1 January, 1911.</ref> | ||
When the war started, he was in command of the scout cruiser [[H.M.S. Blonde (1910)|''Blonde'']], attached to the [[Fourth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|Fourth Battle Squadron]].<ref>Corbett. Naval Operations, Volume I, p. 439.</ref> | |||
==Retirement== | ==Retirement== | ||
Revision as of 16:31, 23 July 2012
Vice-Admiral Albert Charles Scott, C.B.E, Royal Navy (18 January, 1872 – 16 March, 1969) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
Scott was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1911.[1]
When the war started, he was in command of the scout cruiser Blonde, attached to the Fourth Battle Squadron.[2]
Retirement
Scott was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 May, 1922, vice Greatorex. He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 3 May.[3] He was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 2 July, 1927.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28567. p. 3. 1 January, 1911.
- ↑ Corbett. Naval Operations, Volume I, p. 439.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 32695. p. 3626. 9 May, 1922.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33294. p. 4565. 15 July, 1927.
Bibliography
Papers
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
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