William John Standly Alderson
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Vice-Admiral William John Standly Alderson, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (10 June, 1867 – 30 May, 1946) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
William John Standly Alderson was born at Angel Hill, Bury St. Edmunds, on 10 June, 1867,[1] the second son of Edward Samuel and Caroline Alderson.[2]
He was appointed command of Dreadnought on 10 June, 1914.[3]
Alderson died at Ovingham House, Cardigan on 30 May, 1946, aged seventy-eight.[4]
Footnotes
Bibliography
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/89.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
Categories:
- 1867 births
- 1946 deaths
- Personalities
- Captains of H.M.S. Pilot (1879)
- Captains of H.M.S. Isis (1896)
- Captains of H.M.S. Yarmouth (1911)
- Captains of H.M.S. Devonshire (1904)
- Captains of H.M.S. Dreadnought (1906)
- Commanding Officers of the Scottish Coastguard District
- Commanding Officers of the Western Coastguard District
- Captains of Devonport Dockyard
- Rear-Admirals in the Reserve Fleet at the Nore
- Royal Navy Vice-Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
