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Webb wrote to Colonel [[Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, First Baron Hankey|Hankey]] on 28 May, 1915: | Webb wrote to Colonel [[Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, First Baron Hankey|Hankey]] on 28 May, 1915: | ||
| − | :This is a war of extermination not one of platitudes about Business as Usual. The best way of protecting our trade is by beating the enemy. If we don't do that there won't be any trade to protect.<ref>ADM 137/2735. Quoted in Black. ''The Admiralty War Staff''. p. 137.</ref> | + | :This is a war of extermination not one of platitudes about Business as Usual. The best way of protecting our trade is by beating the enemy. If we don't do that there won't be any trade to protect.<ref>The National Archives. ADM 137/2735. Quoted in Black. ''The Admiralty War Staff''. p. 137.</ref> |
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==Service Record== | ==Service Record== | ||
| − | *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7891997&queryType=1&resultcount=3 ADM 196/43] | + | {{refbegin}} |
| + | *The National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7891997&queryType=1&resultcount=3 ADM 196/43.] | ||
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[[Category:1870 births|Webb]] | [[Category:1870 births|Webb]] | ||
Revision as of 11:39, 20 December 2009
Admiral SIR Richard Webb, K.C.M.G., C.B. (20 July, 1870 – 20 January, 1950) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.
Webb wrote to Colonel Hankey on 28 May, 1915:
- This is a war of extermination not one of platitudes about Business as Usual. The best way of protecting our trade is by beating the enemy. If we don't do that there won't be any trade to protect.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 137/2735. Quoted in Black. The Admiralty War Staff. p. 137.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir Richard Webb" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 21 January, 1950. Issue 51595, col F, pg. 8.
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Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
Categories:
- 1870 births
- 1950 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Cadet Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1883
- Royal Navy Gunnery Officers
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Amethyst (1903)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Illustrious (1896)
- Directors of the Trade Division (Royal Navy)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. New Zealand (1911)
- Rear-Admirals in the Fourth Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Presidents of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich
- Royal Navy Admirals
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