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Revision as of 19:47, 31 May 2014

Admiral SIR Charles James Colebrooke Little, G.C.B., G.B.E. (14 June 1882 – 20 June 1973) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Commander Little was appointed in command of the torpedo gunboat Hazard and of the Fourth Submarine Flotilla on 23 November, 1911.[1]

Little was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1917.

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Fearless in September 1916,[2] and remained in her to the end of the war.[Citation needed] In May, 1917, he appears to have been appointed the role of Captain (S) to the Twelfth Submarine Flotilla, of which Fearless was flag/flotilla cruiser.[3]

Little was appointed in command of the light cruiser Cleopatra on 4 March, 1919.[4]

He was appointed as captain of Iron Duke in 1926.[5]

See Also

Bibliography

Papers

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. D 1
1 Aug, 1908[6] – ? 		Succeeded by
Frederick A. Sommerville
Preceded by
Apsley D. M. Cherry 		Captain of H.M.S. Hazard
23 Nov, 1911[7] – ? 		Succeeded by
Lionel A. D. Sturdee
Preceded by
? 		Commander (S), Fourth Submarine Flotilla
23 Nov, 1911[8] – ? 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith 		Captain of H.M.S. Arrogant
3 Aug, 1914[9] – ? 		Succeeded by
Alexander R. Palmer
Preceded by
Charles D. Roper 		Captain of H.M.S. Fearless
Sep, 1916[10] – ? 		Succeeded by
Ernest W. Leir
Preceded by
? 		Captain (S), Twelfth Submarine Flotilla
May, 1917[Inference][11] – ? 		Succeeded by
Ernest W. Leir
Preceded by
Walter R. G. Petre 		Captain of H.M.S. Cleopatra
4 Mar, 1919[12] – ? 		Succeeded by
Arthur Stopford
Preceded by
Alan G. Hotham 		Director of the Trade Division
24 May, 1920[13] – ? 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Raymond Fitzmaurice 		Captain of H.M.S. Iron Duke
1926[14] – ? 		Succeeded by
Francis M. Austin
Preceded by
Frederic C. Dreyer 		Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
9 Jan, 1933[15] – ? 		Succeeded by
William M. James
Preceded by
Frederic C. Dreyer 		Commander-in-Chief, China Station
7 Nov, 1935 – ? 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
William M. James 		Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth Station
1942 – ? 		Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 322b.
  2. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 793.
  3. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1917). p. 12.
  4. ↑ The Monthly Navy List (May, 1919). p. 758.
  5. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 344.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 322b.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 322b.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 277.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 793.
  11. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1917). p. 12.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 758.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 1816.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  15. ↑ "Admiralty Change" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 30 June, 1932. Issue 46173, col D, p. 16.

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