Arthur Cloudesly Shovel Hughes D'Aeth

From The Dreadnought Project
Revision as of 10:54, 23 August 2012 by FredBot (Talk | contribs) (Remove handwritten Categories for Flag Officers... these will be templated soon)

Jump to: navigation, search

Rear-Admiral Arthur Cloudesly Shovel Hughes D'Aeth, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (5 June, 1875 – 23 August, 1956) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Hughes-D'Aeth was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1896.[1]

Great War

On 15 September 1916 he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) dated 31 May.[2]

He was appointed command of the Dreadnought on 1 December, 1916.[3]

He was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Shannon on 7 February, 1918.[4]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 26809. p. 4. 1 January, 1897.
  2. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29751. p. 9070. 15 September, 1916.
  3. The Navy List (November, 1917). p. 393e.
  4. The Navy List (December, 1918). p. 906a.

Bibliography

  • "Rear-Admiral A. C. S. Hughes-D'Aeth" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 25 August, 1956. Issue 53619, col A, pg. 11.

Service Record


Naval Appointments