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==Life & Career==
 
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He was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1907.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28096/pages/34 no. 28096.  p. 34.]  3 January, 1908.</ref>
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He was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1907.<ref>''The London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28096/pages/34 no. 28096.  p. 34.]  3 January, 1908.</ref>
  
 
He was appointed in command of [[H.M.S. Cumberland (1902)|''Cumberland'']] at some point.{{CN}}  When?
 
He was appointed in command of [[H.M.S. Cumberland (1902)|''Cumberland'']] at some point.{{CN}}  When?

Revision as of 18:12, 24 September 2012

Admiral THE HONOURABLE Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle, K.C.B., C.M.G., M.V.O., Royal Navy (21 October 1871 – 13 October 1949) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1907.[1]

He was appointed in command of Cumberland at some point.[Citation needed] When?

He was appointed in command of Hibernia on 12 June, 1908.[2]

He was appointed in command of Edgar on 12 January, 1910.[3]

The Great War

He was appointed command of Malaya on 28 November, 1915,[4] and commissioned the new vessel on 1 January, 1916.

Jutland

At the Battle of Jutland, Boyle commanded the super-dreadnought Malaya as part of the Fifth Battle Squadron.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 28096. p. 34. 3 January, 1908.
  2. The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 327.
  3. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 1 January, 1910. Issue 39158, col D, p. 10.
  4. The Navy List (December, 1916). p. 395zz.

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
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