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==Early Life & Career== | ==Early Life & Career== | ||
Vaughan-Lee was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 January, 1899.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27040/pages/84 no. 27040. p. 84.] 6 January, 1899.</ref> | Vaughan-Lee was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 January, 1899.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27040/pages/84 no. 27040. p. 84.] 6 January, 1899.</ref> | ||
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==Great War== | ==Great War== | ||
Revision as of 12:38, 13 October 2010
Admiral SIR Charles Lionel Vaughan-Lee, K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (27 February, 1867 – 16 March, 1928) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.
Early Life & Career
Vaughan-Lee was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1899.[1]
On 1 September, 1913, he was appointed Commodore, Second Class Commanding the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth.[2]
Great War
He was appointed Director of Air Services at the Admiralty on 8 September, 1918.[3] On 19 January, 1917, Vaughan-Lee was appointed Admiral Superintendent of Portsmouth Royal Dockyard.[4]
He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 26 January, 1920, vice Ricardo, and placed on the Retired List the following day.[5] He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 10 March, 1925.
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27040. p. 84. 6 January, 1899.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1914). p. 391.
- ↑ Roskill. Documents Relating to the Naval Air Service. I. p. 224.
- ↑ Navy List (November, 1917). p. 554.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 31779. p. 1832. 13 February, 1920.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir Charles Vaughan-Lee" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 19 March, 1928. Issue 44845, col B, pg. 19.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
