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Revision as of 11:25, 17 August 2020
Dover was an important British base from which light forces sortied to cover the English Channel at its pinch point near Calais and Dunkirk. It serving as the operational base for the Dover Patrol as well as the forces covering Auxiliary Patrol Area XI.
Contents
Senior Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Heathcoat S. Grant, 10 January, 1917[1] – 18 June, 1917[2]
- Rear-Admiral Cecil F. Dampier, 18 June, 1917[3] – 1 June, 1918[4]
- Rear-Admiral Bertram H. Ramsay, 24 August, 1939 – 23 April, 1942
- Commodore, First Class Robert L. B. Cunliffe, 23 April, 1942 – 1 August, 1942[5] (temporary)
- Admiral Henry D. Pridham-Wippell, 1 August, 1942[6] – 11 July, 1945
Superintendents
- Captain Frederic A. H. Russel, 16 December, 1940[7] – 20 November, 1945[8]
King's Harbour Master
- Commander Stewart E. Forster, 25 February, 1910 – 9 October, 1913
- Captain (retired) Edward Winthrop, 25 January, 1915 – 5 February, 1915[9]
- Captain (retired) Arnot Henderson, 5 February, 1915[10] – 11 December, 1916 (invalided)
- Rear-Admiral Cecil Frederick Dampier, 18 June, 1917 – 1 June, 1918
- Commander (N) Stanley B. Norfolk, 17 June, 1919[11]
- Commander Thomas B. Scott, 1 October, 1921 – 21 October, 1923
Assistant King's Harbour Master
- Captain (retired) Francis T. Barr, 14 February, 1907[12] – 15 May, 1913[13]
- Captain (retired) Frederic G. Bird, 7 March, 1915 – 21 July, 1915
- Lieutenant-Commander (N) Cecil R. H. Harvey, 27 March, 1920[14]
- Captain (retired) George E. B. Bairnsfather, 1 January, 1915 – 15 June, 1918
- Acting Captain Ferdinand H. Elderton, before December, 1918[15] (temporary)
- Captain (retired) Francis T. Barr, 13 October, 1914[16] – 15 June, 1918[17]
Footnotes
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.
- ↑ Dampier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 497.
- ↑ Dampier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 497.
- ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
- ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
- ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
- ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 08, 1915; pg. 12; Issue 40772.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 08, 1915; pg. 12; Issue 40772.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 828-9.
- ↑ Barr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/88. f 83.
- ↑ Barr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/88. f 84.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 828-9.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 1154.
- ↑ Barr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/88. f 83.
- ↑ Barr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/88. f 83.
See Also
