William Edmund Goodenough

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Admiral Sir William Goodenough as Rear-Admiral in the Second Battle Squadron.
Photo: Imperial War Museum.

Admiral SIR William Edmund Goodenough, G.C.B., M.V.O., F.R.G.S., Royal Navy (2 June, 1867 – 30 January, 1945) was an officer in the Royal Navy. he is chiefly remembered for his service in command of light cruisers during the First World War.

Early Life & Career

Goodenough was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 23 August, 1889.[1]

He was promoted to the rank of Commander with seniority of 30 June, 1900.[2]

Goodenough was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1905, upon the retirement of Lord Walter Kerr as First Sea Lord.[3]

He was appointed command of the battleship Albemarle on 25 August, 1907.[4]

He was appointed command of the battleship Vengeance on 12 September, 1908.[5]

Great War

In the King's Birthday Honours of 3 June, 1916, Goodenough was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.).[6] He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 June.[7]

Post-War

Goodenough was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 1 January, 1919.[8]

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 31 July, 1920.[9]

He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 8 May, 1925, vice Gough-Calthorpe.[10]

On 23 May, 1930, he was placed on the Retired List.[11]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 25969. p. 4738. 30 August, 1889.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27211. p. 4433. 17 July, 1900.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27750. p. 25. 3 January, 1905.
  4. ↑ Goodenough Service Record. ADM 196/42. f. 433.
  5. ↑ The Navy List (October, 1908). p. 389.
  6. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29608. p. 5553. 2 June, 1916.
  7. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29629. p. 6066. 20 June, 1916.
  8. ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31099. p. 106. 1 January, 1919.
  9. ↑ London Gazette: no. 32017. p. 8408. 13 August, 1920.
  10. ↑ London Gazette: no. 33049. p. 3445. 22 May, 1925.
  11. ↑ London Gazette: no. 33608. p. 3233. 23 May, 1930.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir William Goodenough" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 31 January, 1945. Issue 50055, col C, pg. 7.
  • Goodenough, Admiral Sir William (1943). A Rough Record. London: Hutchinson & Co..

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
New Command 		Captain of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
1905 – 1907 		Succeeded by
Trevylyan D. W. Napier
Preceded by
New Command 		Commodore Commanding,
First Light Cruiser Squadron
1913 – 1915 		Succeeded by
Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair
Preceded by
Trevylyan D. W. Napier 		Rear-Admiral Commanding,
Second Light Cruiser Squadron
1915 – 1916 		Succeeded by
Cecil F. Lambert
Preceded by
Arthur C. Leveson 		Rear-Admiral in the Second Battle Squadron
1916 – 1919 		Succeeded by
Lewis Clinton-Baker
Preceded by
Arthur D. Ricardo 		Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard
1919 – 1920 		Succeeded by
Lewis Clinton-Baker
Preceded by
The Hon. Sir Edward S. Fitzherbert 		Commander-in-Chief
on the Africa Station
1920 – 1922 		Succeeded by
Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck
Preceded by
Sir Douglas R. L. Nicholson 		Vice-Admiral Commanding,
Reserve Fleet
1923 – 1924 		Succeeded by
The Hon. Victor A. Stanley
Preceded by
Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas 		Commander-in-Chief at the Nore
1924 – 1927 		Succeeded by
Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair
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