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Drury, Charles Carter If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at
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Title | Admiral (RN) |
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Birth | 27/08/1846 | Death | 18/05/1914 |
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Place | Rothesay | Place | (nk) |
Area | Area | (nk) | |
Country | New Brunswick | Country | (nk) |
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Honours | GCB. GCVO. KCSI. Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (Spain). |
Awards | FRGS. AdC. |
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Biography |
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He received the thanks of the British Foreign Office for his services in Crete in 1896. |
Military Service |
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He was appointed as a Naval Cadet RN (With seniority dated 01/12/1859). He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant RN (With seniority dated 19/12/1865). He was appointed as a Lieutenant RN (With seniority dated 05/08/1868). He was appointed as a Commander RN (With seniority dated 01/05/1878). He was appointed as a Captain RN (With seniority dated 30/06/1885). He was appointed as a Rear-Admiral RN (With seniority dated 13/07/1889). He served as a Member of the Ordnance Committee in 1893. He received the thanks of the British Foreign Office for services in Crete in 1896. He was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief East Indies 1902. He served as the Second Sea Lord of the Admiralty 1903-08. He was appointed as a Vice-Admiral RN (With seniority dated 16/06/1904). He was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief East Indies Station. He was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief Mediteranean Station 1907. He was appointed as an A/Admiral RN in 1908. He was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief The Nore 1908. (He was retired in 1911). |
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References |
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MacFarlane, John M. (1994); |
Last update |
2011-01-31 00:00:00 |