Biographical Data

Pears, Edmund Radcliffe

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Title Admiral (RN)
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Birth 25/04/1862 Death 21/06/1941
Place Ootacamund Place (nk)
Area Area (nk)
Country India Country (nk)
 
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Honours KBE. CB.
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Biography
In 1919 it has been reported by Major F.V. Longstaff that after his naval service he settled in Victoria BC Canada (but this can not yet be confirmed.)
 
Military Service
He was commissioned as a Lieutenant RN (With seniority dated 30/06/1885). In 1885 he served in HMS Cormorant on the Pacific Station. For his services in Benin, he was specially promoted to the rank of Commander RN (With seniority dated 25/05/1897). He was appointed as a Captain RN (With seniority dated 31/12/1903). He served in HMS Agamemnon (In command) 1910. In 1911 he was appointed Inspecting Captain of Boys' Training Ships. In 1913 he served in HMS Impregnable as Commodore (Second Class) RN "in Charge of Boys' Training Service." In 1913 he was given command of the Tenth Cruiser Squadron. He was appointed as a Rear-Admiral RN (With seniority dated 10/02/1914). He was appointed as a Vice-Admiral RN (With seniority date 09/01/1919). He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on January 24, 1920. He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 03/03/1924.
 
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Anecdotes
Wikipedia states "He was appointed in command of the protected cruiser HMS Perseus in early 1901, when the ship was commissioned to form part of the East Indies fleet.[3] He was in charge when in September 1901 she prevented the landing of Turkish troops at Kuwait. The following year he was in charge when troops from the Perseus demolished the fort at Balhaf in response to pirate activities by the locals there."
 
References
"Vice-Admiral Sir Edmund Pears" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 24 June, 1941. Issue 48960, col E, pg. 7.;
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