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Revision as of 16:29, 31 July 2012

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 the battleship Bulwark 25 March, 1911.[5]

He was appointed captain of the battleship Monarch on 16 June, 1913.[6]

Great War

On 29 June, 1915, Hyde Smith was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, vice Bridson.[7] On 21 September, he was appointed Senior Officer at Sheerness in charge of Naval Establishments.[8]

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.[9] He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 2 November, vice Grant, and placed on the Retired List on 3 November.[10]

Retirement

He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 1 August, 1924.[11]

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. ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 295.
  6. ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 358.
  7. ↑ London Gazette: no. 29214. p. 6438. 2 July, 1915.
  8. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 2.
  9. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31379. p. 7045. 3 June, 1919.
  10. ↑ London Gazette: no. 31632. p. 13545. 7 November, 1919.
  11. ↑ 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.

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