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==Great War== | ==Great War== | ||
Revision as of 16:01, 31 January 2011
Admiral Cecil Spencer Hickley, C.B., M.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (22 January, 1865 – 1 May, 1941) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
On 12 December, 1895, Hickley was appointed to the new battleship Majestic.[1]
Great War
Hickley was appointed Senior Naval Officer, Harwich, on 1 April, 1918.[2]
He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 8 May, 1925.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 18 November, 1895. Issue 34737, col E, pg. 7.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 3.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33049. p. 3445. 22 May, 1925.
Bibliography
- "Admiral C. S. Hickley" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 5 May, 1941. Issue 48917, col E, pg. 6.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
Categories:
- 1865 births
- 1941 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1878
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Amphitrite (1898)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Highflyer (1898)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Cochrane (1905)
- Commanding Officers of Shotley Training Establishment
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Vanguard (1909)
- Senior Naval Officers, Harwich
- Admirals of the Training Service (Royal Navy)
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
