George Knightley Chetwode

Admiral SIR George Knightley Chetwode, K.C.B., C.B.E., Royal Navy (10 December, 1877 – 11 March, 1957) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Chetwode was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in December, 1899.

In 1907, Chetwode was awarded the Royal Humane Society's Bronze Medal for saving life from drowning.

Chetwode was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1912.

Great War

Chetwode was appointed to Royal Oak on 30 January, 1916, to be her executive officer upon commissioning. He remained in her through until July, 1917, having been promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1917. It was decided to take advantage of his considerable experience in flotilla work, and he was appointed to Blenheim, additional, to serve as Captain (D) of the Fifth Destroyer Flotilla on 15 August, 1917. His tenure there was likely through the end of the war, as his next appointment occurred post-war.

Post-War

Chetwode was appointed to the British Naval Mission to Greece with the rank of Rear Admiral in the Royal Hellenic Navy on 1 June, 1919. He reverted to the Royal navy on 26 January, 1922.

Chetwode was appointed in command of the battleship Queen Elizabeth in May, 1925, having recently returned from hospital.

In March, 1926, Chetwode was appointed in command of the battleship Warspite.

On 4 August, 1927, he took passage from Corfu to Brindisi aboard the destroyer Wren.

Chetwode was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 13 June, 1928.

Chetwode was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 4 January, 1933.

Chetwode was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 22 July, 1936 and was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 19 August.

World War II

Chetwode was fined 40 pounds and 51/- in costs at Magistrate's Court in Portsmouth for an offence against the Rationing (General Provisions) Order 1942 for obtaining rationed food for household consumption otherwise than in accordance with the order. The First Sea Lord approved this notation in Chetwode's record.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by James R. P. Hawksley	Captain of H.M.S. Ure 10 Apr, 1906 – 28 May, 1906	Succeeded by James R. P. Hawksley
Preceded by William E. Middleton	Captain of H.M.S. Teazer 28 May, 1906 – 3 Aug, 1906	Succeeded by William Cooper
Preceded by John M. Casement	Captain of H.M.S. Haughty 3 Aug, 1906 – 15 Jun, 1908	Succeeded by Charles G. Robinson
Preceded by Claude Seymour	Captain of H.M.S. Earnest 15 Jun, 1908 – 1 Sep, 1909	Succeeded by Richard F. White
Preceded by Richard F. White	Captain of H.M.S. Swale 1 Sep, 1909 – 2 Sep, 1910	Succeeded by Edward O. Tudor
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M.S. Renard 2 Sep, 1910 – 28 Jun, 1912	Succeeded by Leveson G. B. A. Campbell
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Firedrake 2 Sep, 1912 – 4 Jan, 1913	Succeeded by Benjamin W. Barrow
Preceded by F. Clifton Brown	Captain (D), Fifth Destroyer Flotilla 15 Aug, 1917 – c. Mar, 1919	Succeeded by Kerrison Kiddle
Preceded by Frederick C. Fisher	Captain of H.M.S. Danae 21 Apr, 1922 – 28 Apr, 1923	Succeeded by Francis M. Austin
Preceded by Edward O. Cochrane	Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence 11 Sep, 1923 – 15 May, 1925	Succeeded by Kenneth G. B. Dewar
Preceded by Frank F. Rose	Captain of H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth 15 May, 1925 – Mar, 1926	Succeeded by Humphrey T. Walwyn
Preceded by Humphrey T. Walwyn	Captain of H.M.S. Warspite 17 Mar, 1926 – Aug, 1927	Succeeded by Thomas N. James
Preceded by Eric J. A. Fullerton	Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty 1 Oct, 1929 – 15 Jan, 1932	Succeeded by Sidney J. Meyrick
Preceded by Joseph C. W. Henley	Rear-Admiral Commanding, First Cruiser Squadron 19 Mar, 1932 – 20 Jun, 1933	Succeeded by John K. im Thurn
Preceded by Henry W. Parker	Admiral Commanding Reserves 5 Oct, 1933 – 14 Feb, 1936	Succeeded by Henry J. S. Brownrigg