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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Henry Daniel Pridham-Wippell|nick=Henry D. Pridham-Wippell|appt=1 August, 1942<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}} ff. 177, 253.</ref>|end=11 July, 1945|as=Flag Officer in Charge, Dover}} | {{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Henry Daniel Pridham-Wippell|nick=Henry D. Pridham-Wippell|appt=1 August, 1942<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}} ff. 177, 253.</ref>|end=11 July, 1945|as=Flag Officer in Charge, Dover}} | ||
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| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederic Archibald Hunter Russel|nick=Frederic A. H. Russel|appt=16 December, 1940<ref>Russel Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/75.|D7604174}} f. 40.</ref>|end=20 November, 1925<ref>Russel Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/75.|D7604174}} f. 40.</ref>}} | ||
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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 15:00, 12 April 2017
Dover was an important British base from which light forces sortied to cover the English Channel at its pinch point near Calais.
Senior Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Heathcoat S. Grant, 10 January, 1917[1] – 18 June, 1917[2]
- Rear-Admiral Cecil F. Dampier, 18 June, 1917[3] – 1 June, 1918[4]
- Commodore, First Class Robert L. B. Cunliffe, – 1 August, 1942[5]
- Admiral Henry D. Pridham-Wippell, 1 August, 1942[6] – 11 July, 1945
Captains Superintendent
- Captain Frederic A. H. Russel, 16 December, 1940[7] – 20 November, 1925[8]
Footnotes
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.
- ↑ Dampier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 497.
- ↑ Dampier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 497.
- ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
- ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
- ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
- ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
See Also
