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[[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''Herbert Algernon Adam''', C.B.E., Royal Navy (3 January, 1872 – 27 September, 1920) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. | [[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] '''Herbert Algernon Adam''', C.B.E., Royal Navy (3 January, 1872 – 27 September, 1920) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
| + | ==Early Life== | ||
Adam was the younger son of the Reverend Benjamin W. Adam, D.D., of the Rectory, Bantry, Co. Dublin.<ref name=TimesObit>"Deaths" (Deaths). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 29 September, 1920. Issue '''42528''', col A, pg. 1.</ref> | Adam was the younger son of the Reverend Benjamin W. Adam, D.D., of the Rectory, Bantry, Co. Dublin.<ref name=TimesObit>"Deaths" (Deaths). ''The Times''. Wednesday, 29 September, 1920. Issue '''42528''', col A, pg. 1.</ref> | ||
He was appointed to command the battleship [[H.M.S. Queen (1902)|''Queen'']] on 1 May, 1914.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1914). p. 375''c''.</ref> | He was appointed to command the battleship [[H.M.S. Queen (1902)|''Queen'']] on 1 May, 1914.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1914). p. 375''c''.</ref> | ||
| + | ==Great War== | ||
He was appointed to command [[H.M.S. Cornwall (1902)|''Cornwall'']] on 5 July, 1917.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1918). p. 766.</ref> | He was appointed to command [[H.M.S. Cornwall (1902)|''Cornwall'']] on 5 July, 1917.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1918). p. 766.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 14:44, 25 May 2012
Captain Herbert Algernon Adam, C.B.E., Royal Navy (3 January, 1872 – 27 September, 1920) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life
Adam was the younger son of the Reverend Benjamin W. Adam, D.D., of the Rectory, Bantry, Co. Dublin.[1]
He was appointed to command the battleship Queen on 1 May, 1914.[2]
Great War
He was appointed to command Cornwall on 5 July, 1917.[3]
He was appointed to command Neptune on 10 January, 1919.[4]
Adams died "suddenly" on 27 September, 1920 at the age of forty-eight.[1]
Footnotes
Bibliography
- "Deaths" (Deaths). The Times. Wednesday, 29 September, 1920. Issue 42528, col A, pg. 1.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
