Difference between revisions of "Hugh Dudley Richards Watson"

From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to: navigation, search
(using NL and SMNL templates in 1 place)
Line 10: Line 10:
 
Leaving ''Essex'' in May, 1916, Watson was appointed in command of the {{UK-Bellerophon|f=t}} on 31 August, 1916.{{NLDec16|p. 392''k''}}
 
Leaving ''Essex'' in May, 1916, Watson was appointed in command of the {{UK-Bellerophon|f=t}} on 31 August, 1916.{{NLDec16|p. 392''k''}}
  
He commanded {{UK-Canada}} from February 1918.{{MackieRNW}}
+
He commanded {{UK-Canada}} from 13 February 1918 until 28 February, 1919.<ref>Watson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 272.</ref>
  
 
==Flag Rank==
 
==Flag Rank==
Line 28: Line 28:
 
==Service Record==
 
==Service Record==
 
{{refbegin}}
 
{{refbegin}}
*{{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}}
+
*{{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} ff. 214, 272.
 
{{refend}}
 
{{refend}}
  

Revision as of 10:04, 7 April 2015

Admiral SIR Hugh Dudley Richards Watson, K.C.B., C.V.O., C.B.E., Royal Navy (20 April, 1872 – 22 May, 1954) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

On 1 January, 1903 he was promoted to the rank of Commander.[1]

Watson was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1908.[2]

Watson was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1914,[3] and was made captain of the armoured cruiser Essex on that same day.[4]

Leaving Essex in May, 1916, Watson was appointed in command of the battleship Bellerophon on 31 August, 1916.[5]

He commanded Canada from 13 February 1918 until 28 February, 1919.[6]

Flag Rank

He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 29 January, 1920, vice Nicholson.[7]

On the occasion of the King's birthday he was appointed a Commander in the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) on 3 June, 1922.[8]

On 8 May, 1925, he was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral, vice Goodenough.[9]

Watson was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 9 October, 1929, vice Bentinck, placed on the Retired List.[10] He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 April, 1930.[11]

Bibliography

  • "Adml. Sir Hugh Watson" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 24 May, 1954. Issue 52939, col A, pg. 9.

Service Record

Footnotes

  1. The London Gazette: no. 27512. p. 4. 2 January, 1903.
  2. The London Gazette: no. 28211. p. 32. 1 January, 1909.
  3. Edinburgh Gazette: no. 12630. p. 7. 2 January, 1914.
  4. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 310.
  5. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 392k.
  6. Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 272.
  7. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31791. p. 2189. 24 February, 1920.
  8. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 32716. p. 4324. 3 June, 1922.
  9. The London Gazette: no. 33049. p. 3445. 22 May, 1925.
  10. The London Gazette: no. 33542. p. 6476. 11 October, 1929.
  11. The London Gazette: no. 33596. p. 2327. 11 April, 1930.
  12. Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 272.
  13. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393t.
  14. Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 272.
  15. Watson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 272.
  16. "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 23 March, 1921. Issue 42676, col D, p. 12.

Template:CatAdmiral