Channel Fleet (Royal Navy)
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Seconds-in-Command
Vice-Admiral the Honourable Assheton G. Curzon-Howe succeeded Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur W. Moore on 5 December, 1905.[1] Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald N. Custance was appointed Second-in-Command dated 23 February, 1907.[2] Custance was succeeded by Vice-Admiral Sir A. Berkeley Milne on 12 June, 1908.[3]
Rear-Admirals in the Channel Fleet
Rear-Admiral Robert S. Lowry was appointed as Rear-Admiral in the Channel Fleet on 5 April, 1907.[4] Lowry struck his flag on 30 September, 1907, and on 1 October Rear-Admiral Francis J. Foley hoisted his flag in the battleship Illustrious.[5] Rear-Admiral James Startin succeeded Foley on 1 October, 1908.[6]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 13 November, 1905. Issue 37863, col B, pg. 7.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 2 February, 1907. Issue 38246, col F, pg. 11.
- ↑ Milne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. p. 893.
- ↑ Lowry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. p. 800.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 17 September, 1907. Issue 38440, col A, pg. 4.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 14 September, 1908. Issue 38751, col E, pg. 6.
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