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Hyde Smith was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 22 June, 1897.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26865/pages/3443 no. 26865.  p. 3443.]  22 June, 1897.</ref>
 
Hyde Smith was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 22 June, 1897.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26865/pages/3443 no. 26865.  p. 3443.]  22 June, 1897.</ref>
  
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Hyde Smith was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1904.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27691/pages/4182 no. 27691.  p. 4182.]  1 July, 1904.</ref>
 
Hyde Smith was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1904.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27691/pages/4182 no. 27691.  p. 4182.]  1 July, 1904.</ref>
  
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Appointed Captain of [[H.M.S. Bulwark (1899)|''Bulwark'']] 25 March, 1911.{{CN}}
 
Appointed Captain of [[H.M.S. Bulwark (1899)|''Bulwark'']] 25 March, 1911.{{CN}}
  
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On 29 June, 1915, Hyde Smith was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}}, vice [[Joseph Ridgway Bridson|Bridson]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29214/pages/6438 no. 29214.  p. 6438.]  2 July, 1915.</ref>  On 21 September, he was appointed Senior Officer at Sheerness in charge of Naval Establishments.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1918).  p. 2.</ref>   
 
On 29 June, 1915, Hyde Smith was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}}, vice [[Joseph Ridgway Bridson|Bridson]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29214/pages/6438 no. 29214.  p. 6438.]  2 July, 1915.</ref>  On 21 September, he was appointed Senior Officer at Sheerness in charge of Naval Establishments.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1918).  p. 2.</ref>   
  

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Admiral Edmund Hyde Smith, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (21 June, 1865 – 13 July, 1939) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 22 February, 1885.[1]

Hyde Smith was promoted to the rank of Commander on 22 June, 1897.[2]

Hyde Smith was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1904.[3]

He was appointed in command of the battleship Irresistible on 29 March, 1910.[4]

Appointed Captain of Bulwark 25 March, 1911.[Citation needed]

Great War

On 29 June, 1915, Hyde Smith was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, vice Bridson.[5] On 21 September, he was appointed Senior Officer at Sheerness in charge of Naval Establishments.[6]

On the occasion of the King's birthday he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 3 June, 1919.[7] He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 2 November, vice Grant, and placed on the Retired List on 3 November.[8]

Retirement

He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 1 August, 1924.[9]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 25577. p. 1780. 13 April, 1886.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26865. p. 3443. 22 June, 1897.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27691. p. 4182. 1 July, 1904.
  4. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 14 March, 1910. Issue 39219, col E, pg. 7.
  5. ↑ London Gazette: no. 29214. p. 6438. 2 July, 1915.
  6. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 2.
  7. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31379. p. 7045. 3 June, 1919.
  8. ↑ London Gazette: no. 31632. p. 13545. 7 November, 1919.
  9. ↑ London Gazette: no. 32963. p. 5954. 8 August, 1924.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral E. Hyde Smith" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 14 July, 1939. Issue 48357, col D, pg. 9.

Service Records

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