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Revision as of 14:23, 24 August 2012

Admiral THE HONOURABLE SIR Matthew Robert Best, K.C.B., D.S.O., C.V.O., Royal Navy (18 June, 1878 – 13 October, 1940) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

In Best's diary entry for Monday 1st September, 1914: "C in C saw all Dreado: Captains onboard Iron Duke on subject of Action Tactics".[1]

At the Battle of Jutland, he served as one of four flag captains to Admiral Jellicoe.[2]

Great War

On 15 September he was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) for his services at Jutland.[3]

Captain Queen Elizabeth 1919, Nelson 1927

On 25 November, 1927 Pound wrote to Keyes, mentioning: "Sir C.M. has been staying with Matthew Best in Nelson and I don't suppose any information obtained from the latter will be very sound".[4]

On the occasion of the King's birthday he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 4 June, 1928.[5]

Best died on 13 October, 1940 at Crockway, Frampton, Dorset, at the age of sixty-two. His funeral took place at Toller Fratrum, Dorset, on Wednesday 16 October.

Footnotes

  1. Best Diaries. September, 1914. p. 79.
  2. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_battle_at_Jutland Wiikipedia
  3. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29751. p. 9071. 15 September, 1916.
  4. Keyes Papers. II. p. 232.
  5. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 33390. p. 3847. 4 June, 1928.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Matthew Best" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 15 October, 1940. Issue 48747, col F, pg. 7.
  • Keyes, R. J. B. (1980). Halpern, Paul G. ed. The Keyes Papers. Volume II 1919-1938. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. ISBN 0-04-942165-4.

Service Record

Naval Appointments

 

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