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− | Tweedie was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 2 March, 1926, vice [[Frederick Parland Loder-Symonds|Loder Symonds]]. | + | Tweedie was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 2 March, 1926, vice [[Frederick Parland Loder-Symonds|Loder Symonds]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33139/pages/1650 no. 33139. p. 1650.] 5 March, 1926.</ref> |
==Who was Who== | ==Who was Who== |
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Admiral SIR Hugh Justin Tweedie, K.C.B., Royal Navy (5 April, 1877 – 20 August, 1951) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Great-War
On 8 December, 1917, Tweedie was appointed Commodore (F) in the Grand Fleet.[1]
Post-War
Tweedie was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 March, 1926, vice Loder Symonds.[2]
Who was Who
TWEEDIE, Adm. Sir Hugh Justin KCB, 1933 (CB 1919); JP, DL, CC Somerset
Born 5 April 1877; s of Gen. Michael Tweedie, RA, who served in Crimea and Mutiny; m 1907, Constance Marion Crossman; two s four d ; died 20 Aug. 1951
EDUCATION Britannia
CAREER Served in Mediterranean, Cape, China, West Indies and N. America; Mexico, under Admiral Cradock; present at Tampico and Vera Cruz during American landing; carried despatches to British and Foreign Embassies in Mexico City, railway and telegraphic communications being interrupted; returned with over 100 American refugees, women and children, from Solidad and district; outbreak of war served in West Indies; afterwards in command of Marshal Ney Monitor on Belgian Coast, SNO Ismailia, Suez Canal, Dardanelles Patrol, Struma River operations against Bulgars and Turks, Adriatic, Venice; Command of 13th Flotilla Battle Cruiser Force; Commodore Commanding Flotillas with Grand Fleet (West African medal, Sierra Leone Clasp, CB, Japanese Order of Rising Sun, Officier Légion d’honneur); Director of Training and Staff Duties, Admiralty, 1923–25; a Naval ADC to the King, 1925; Rear-Adm. 1926; Rear-Adm. and Senior Naval Officer, Yangtze, 1927–29; Vice-Adm. 1930; Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station, 1931–33; Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, 1933–35; Admiral, 1935; retired list, 1936; Younger Brother, Trinity House
PUBLICATION The Story of a Naval Life, 1939
CLUB Army and Navy
ADDRESS c/o Westminster Bank, 26 Haymarket, SW1
Footnotes
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 5.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33139. p. 1650. 5 March, 1926.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir Hugh Tweedie" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 22 August, 1951. Issue 52086, col E, pg. 8.
- Tweedie, Admiral Sir Hugh J. (1939). The Story of a Naval Life. London: Rich and Cowan, Ltd..
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/44.
- 1877 births
- 1951 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1891
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Marshal Ney (1915)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Sir Thomas Picton (1915)
- Category:Captains (D), Thirteenth Destroyer Flotilla (Royal Navy)
- Commodores (F), Grand Fleet
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Marlborough (1912)
- Directors of Training and Staff Duties (Royal Navy)
- Senior Naval Officers on the Yangtze (Royal Navy)
- Commanders-in-Chief on the Africa Station
- Commanders-in-Chief at the Nore
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers