Charles Holcombe Dare

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Admiral SIR Charles Holcombe Dare, K.C.M.G., C.B., M.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (9 November, 1854 – 6 August, 1924) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Dare was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1894.[1]

Dare was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1900.[2]

Dare was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 12 March, 1909, vice Fegen.[3] He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 12 July.[4]

Great War

On 7 November, 1914, Dare was granted a temporary Commission as Commander in the Royal Naval Reserve.[5]

On 20 February, 1915, Dare was appointed Senior Naval Officer at Milford Haven, and took up the appointment on 26 February.[6] On 5 March he was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List,[7] and to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 25 August, 1918.[8]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 26471. p. 7581. 29 December, 1893.
  2. London Gazette: no. 27211. p. 4433. 17 July, 1900.
  3. London Gazette: no. 28233. p. 2037. 16 March, 1909.
  4. London Gazette: no. 28271. p. 5463. 16 July, 1909.
  5. London Gazette: no. 28969. p. 9130. 10 November, 1914.
  6. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 3.
  7. London Gazette: no. 29094. p. 2365. 9 March, 1915.
  8. London Gazette: no. 30881. p. 1039. 3 September, 1918.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir C. Dare" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 11 August, 1924. Issue 43727, col D, pg. 12.

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