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==Early Life & Career==
 
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Dicken was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 1 January, 1894.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26471/pages/7580 no. 26471.  p. 7580.]  29 December, 1893.</ref>
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Dicken was appointed [[Inspecting Captain of Torpedo Boat Destroyers]] on 24 February, 1902, and appointed Commodore-in-Charge at Hong Kong on 1 January, 1904.<ref>''Visitations of England and Wales''.  '''II'''.  p. vii.</ref>
 
Dicken was appointed [[Inspecting Captain of Torpedo Boat Destroyers]] on 24 February, 1902, and appointed Commodore-in-Charge at Hong Kong on 1 January, 1904.<ref>''Visitations of England and Wales''.  '''II'''.  p. vii.</ref>
  

Revision as of 10:35, 9 March 2011

Admiral Charles Gauntlett Dicken, Royal Navy, Retired (26 April, 1854 – 7 September, 1937) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Dicken was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1894.[1]

Dicken was appointed Inspecting Captain of Torpedo Boat Destroyers on 24 February, 1902, and appointed Commodore-in-Charge at Hong Kong on 1 January, 1904.[2]

On 5 July, 1905, he was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, vice Parr.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26471. p. 7580. 29 December, 1893.
  2. ↑ Visitations of England and Wales. II. p. vii.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27814. p. 4700. 7 July, 1905.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Dicken" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 8 September, 1937. Issue 47784, col B, pg. 14.

Service Records

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