Английская Википедия:George Chetwode
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person Admiral Sir George Knightley Chetwode, KCB, CBE (10 December 1877 – 11 March 1957)[1] was a Royal Navy officer who became Naval Secretary.
Born the son of Sir George Chetwode, 6th Baronet,[2] Chetwode joined the Royal Navy and was appointed a Lieutenant in December 1899. He was appointed temporary to the gunboat HMS Esk, in lieu of a sub-lieutenant, on 31 December 1899.[3] The following year he served on the China Station during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900.[2]
He served in World War I taking part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and commanding destroyers for the rest of the War.[4] He was appointed Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence in 1923 and then given command of the battleship Шаблон:HMS followed by the battleship HMS Warspite.[4] He was made Naval Secretary in 1929 and Commander of the 1st Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean Fleet in 1932.[4] His last appointment was as Admiral commanding the reserves in 1933 before he retired in 1936.[5]
Family
In 1908 he married Alice Clara Vaughan-Lee; they had two sons, including the British Army officer and cricketer George Chetwode.[2] In 1939 he married Elizabeth Jane Taylor.[2]
References
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- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 Peerage.com
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite newspaper The Times
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ↑ Admiral Chetwode retires The Straits Times, 20 August 1936
