Richard Webb
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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.
Great War
Webb was appointed acting Director of the Trade Division on 14 August, 1914.[1] 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.[2]
On 1 October, 1917, Webb was appointed in command of the battle cruiser New Zealand.[3] He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 3 September, 1918, vice Dumas.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 122.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 137/2735. Quoted in Black. The Admiralty War Staff. p. 137.
- ↑ Navy List (November, 1917). p. 395r.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30892. p. 10662. 10 September, 1918.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir Richard Webb" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 21 January, 1950. Issue 51595, col F, pg. 8.
- Template:BibBlackThesis
Papers
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
Categories:
- 1870 births
- 1950 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1883
- Royal Navy Gunnery Officers
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- 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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