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On 15 September he 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.) dated 31 May.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29751/supplements/9070 (Supplement) no. 29751.  p. 9070.]  15 September, 1916.</ref>
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On 15 September 1916 he 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.) dated 31 May.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29751/supplements/9070 (Supplement) no. 29751.  p. 9070.]  15 September, 1916.</ref>
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He was appointed command of [[H.M.S. Dreadnought (1906)|''Dreadnought'']] on 1 December, 1916.<ref>''Navy List'' (November, 1917).  p. 393''e''.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 10:59, 26 May 2012

Rear-Admiral Arthur Cloudesly Shovel Hughes D'Aeth, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (5 June, 1875 – 23 August, 1956) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Hughes-D'Aeth was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1896.[1]

Great War

On 15 September 1916 he 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.) dated 31 May.[2]

He was appointed command of Dreadnought on 1 December, 1916.[3]

Footnotes

  1. London Gazette: no. 26809. p. 4. 1 January, 1897.
  2. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29751. p. 9070. 15 September, 1916.
  3. Navy List (November, 1917). p. 393e.

Bibliography

  • "Rear-Admiral A. C. S. Hughes-D'Aeth" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 25 August, 1956. Issue 53619, col A, pg. 11.

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