Cecil Henry Fox

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Cecil Henry Fox, C.B., ( – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Fox was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1911.

He was made Captain (D) of the Third Destroyer Flotilla on 3 April, 1913,[1] commanding the flotilla from Boadicea and, from August of that year, from Forward.[2]

In April, 1914, he assumed command of the scout cruiser Amphion,[3] continuing to command the Third Flotilla from her. Fox was to suffer the misfortune of losing her to a mine on 6 August – the first Royal Navy warship to be lost in the war.

He was quickly re-appointed to command, this time of the Undaunted on 6 October, 1914,[4] almost immediately to fight the Action of 17 October, 1914, where he eradicated the entire enemy force of four torpedo boats off Texel.

On 26 October, Fox was superseded in Undaunted and in command of the Third Flotilla by Francis G. St. John.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Movements of Ships" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 28 March, 1913. Issue 40171, col E, p. 6.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 317.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1914). p. 278.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1914). p. 387.

Bibliography

Service Records


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