Harwich
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Jump to navigationJump to searchLocated in Essex on the east coast, Harwich was a major Royal Navy base in the Great War, serving as the operational base for the Harwich Force, as well as, with Yarmouth, the forces covering Auxiliary Patrol Area X.
In Command
- Commodore, Second Class George C. Cayley, 3 September, 1914[1] – 31 March, 1918
- Captain Cecil S. Hickley, 1 April, 1918[2] – 1 March, 1919[3] (and in charge of Shotley Training Establishment)
- Captain Herbert Algernon Adam, 15 August, 1919[4]
- Captain Ernest Wigram, 1 March, 1921[5] – 1 March, 1923
- Captain Robin C. Dalglish, 1 March, 1923[6] – 15 May, 1925
- Captain Percy L. H. Noble, 15 May, 1925[7] – 2 May, 1927
- Captain Wilbraham T. R. Ford, 2 May, 1927[8] (and in command of Shotley Training Establishment)
- Captain Everard J. Hardman-Jones, 11 May, 1931[9][10] – 23 February, 1933[11]
- Captain Hugh H. Rogers, 23 February, 1933 – 23 August, 1935
- Captain (retired) Philip Hordern, 28 September, 1938 – 7 October, 1938
- Rear-Admiral Francis H. W. Goolden, 22 May, 1940 – 22 July, 1940 (vice "Harris". thereafter, C.S.O. to this office)
- Rear-Admiral Francis H. W. Goolden, 20 January, 1941 – 18 March, 1942
- Rear-Admiral Hugh H. Rogers, 14 February, 1942 – 23 March, 1944
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Cayley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 428.
- ↑ Hickley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 330.
- ↑ Hickley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 330.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1919). p. 798.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 761.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 241.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 242.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 197.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 241.
- ↑ Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.
- ↑ Hardman-Jones Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 152.