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| colspan="3" align="center" style="background:#CEDFF2" | '''Naval Offices'''
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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon|Reginald H. S. Bacon]]'''
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| '''[[Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes (Royal Navy)|Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes]]'''<br>1910 &ndash; 1912
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor|Frederick C. T. Tudor]]'''
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| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''[[Charles John Briggs|Sir Charles J. Briggs]]'''
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| '''[[Third Sea Lord]]'''<br>1912 &ndash; 1914
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor|Frederick C. T. Tudor]]'''
|-
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Preceded by<br>'''New Command'''
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| '''[[Second Battle Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Rear-Admiral Commanding,<br>Second Battle Cruiser Squadron]]'''<br>1914 &ndash; 1915
| width="220" style="border-bottom:1px solid grey;"  align="center"| Succeeded by<br>'''[[William Christopher Pakenham|William C. Pakenham]]'''
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[[Category:1862 births|Moore]]
[[Category:1862 births|Moore]]

Revision as of 09:33, 25 September 2010

Admiral SIR Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore, K.C.B., C.V.O., Royal Navy (2 February, 1862 – 2 April, 1934) was an officer of the Royal Navy, chiefly known for his part in the Battle of the Dogger Bank in 1915.

Life & Career

His elevation to Commodore, First Class as Captain of the Fleet to Sir William May in August, 1909 was the first such appointment since 1871.[1]

On 12 August, 1914, Moore was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding Cruiser Force K, with his flag in Invincible.[2]

Moore was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 9 June, 1916.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons, 10 August, 1909, column 239.
  2. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (September, 1914). p. 4.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29621. p. 5828. 13 June, 1916.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Gordon Moore" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 5 April, 1934. Issue 46720, col B, pg. 12.

Service Records


Naval Offices
Preceded by
Reginald H. S. Bacon 		Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes
1910 – 1912 		Succeeded by
Frederick C. T. Tudor
Preceded by
Sir Charles J. Briggs 		Third Sea Lord
1912 – 1914 		Succeeded by
Frederick C. T. Tudor
Preceded by
New Command 		Rear-Admiral Commanding,
Second Battle Cruiser Squadron
1914 – 1915 		Succeeded by
William C. Pakenham
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