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{RearRN}} '''Charles Hugo Knox-Little''' (21 November, 1887 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{RearRN}} '''Charles Hugo Knox-Little''' (21 November, 1887 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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The son of a clergyman.
  
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Knox-Little was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 April, 1908.<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>
  
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Knox-Little was appointed in command of the {{UK-Test|f=t}} on 24 August, 1912.{{NLJan15|p. 385}}
 
Knox-Little was appointed in command of the {{UK-Test|f=t}} on 24 August, 1912.{{NLJan15|p. 385}}
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Knox-Little was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 April, 1916.<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>
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Knox-Little was found to blame when depth charges in {{UK-1Sturgeon}} exploded on 11 May, 1917, as he had ensured that they'd been set to "safe" before the engines were stopped.<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>  The death of petty officer Thomas C. Slade to wounds on 6 June might be related.{{KindellROH2|p. 366}}
  
 
He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Tetrarch|f=t}} on 22 May, 1917.{{NLFeb19|p. 916}}
 
He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Tetrarch|f=t}} on 22 May, 1917.{{NLFeb19|p. 916}}
  
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Knox-Little was mentioned in despatches for his role in the blocking operations at Zeebrugge and Ostend on 22 and 23 April, 1918.
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==Post-War==
 
On 25 January, 1919, Knox-Little was appointed in command of the {{UK-Sportive|f=t}}.{{NLDec20|p. 866}}
 
On 25 January, 1919, Knox-Little was appointed in command of the {{UK-Sportive|f=t}}.{{NLDec20|p. 866}}
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Knox-Little heroically entered a minefield to rescue survivors of ''Manuel Balmo'' (?) after it had struck mines on 31 March, 1919.
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Knox-Little was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1921.<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>
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Knox-Little was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1929.<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>
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Knox-Little was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 5 January, 1940 and was placed on the Retired List the following day.<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
 
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Charles+Hugo+Knox-Little Service Records]
 
* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Charles+Hugo+Knox-Little Service Records]
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[John Palmer Landon|John P. Landon]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Test (1905)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Test'']]'''<br>24 Aug, 1912<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>{{NLOct15|p. 398''p''}} &ndash; 3 Nov, 1915<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[William Archibald Compton Salmond|William A. C. Salmond]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Robert Arthur Hornell|Robert A. Hornell]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Sturgeon (1917)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Sturgeon'']]'''<br>1 May, 1917<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref> &ndash; 22 May, 1917<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Ralph Michael Mack|Ralph M. Mack]]'''}}
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Henry Percy Boxer|Henry P. Boxer]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Sportive (1918)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Sportive'']]'''<br>25 Jan, 1919{{NLDec20|p. 866}}|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Henry Armstrong Binmore|Henry A. Binmore]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Alban Thomas Buckley Curteis|Alban T. B. Curteis]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Tetrarch (1917)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Tetrarch'']]'''<br>22 May, 1917<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>{{NLFeb19|p. 916}} &ndash; 25 Jan, 1919<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Henry Percy Boxer|Henry P. Boxer]]'''}}
{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Henry Taprell Dorling|H. Taprell Dorling]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Telemachus (1917)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Telemachus'']]'''<br>3 Jul, 1923{{NLJul24|p. 273}}|Succeeded by<br>'''?'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Henry Percy Boxer|Henry P. Boxer]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Sportive (1918)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Sportive'']]'''<br>25 Jan, 1919<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>{{NLDec20|p. 866}} &ndash; after 30 Jun, 1921|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Henry Armstrong Binmore|Henry A. Binmore]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Henry Taprell Dorling|H. Taprell Dorling]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Telemachus (1917)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Telemachus'']]'''<br>9 Jul, 1923<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref> &ndash; 25 Aug, 1923<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Henry Ioan Montagu Lawrence Scott|Henry I. M. L. Scott]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[George Hector Creswell|George H. Creswell]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Serapis (1918)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Serapis'']]'''<br>1 Jan, 1926<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref> &ndash; 14 Apr, 1926<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Lawrence D'Oyly Bignell|Lawrence D'O. Bignell]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Alfred Hugh Taylor|Alfred H. Taylor]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Delhi (1918)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Delhi'']]'''<br>''c''. Mar, 1929<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref> &ndash; 13 Jan, 1930<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[William Eric Campbell Tait|William E. C. Tait]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Arthur Lumley St. George Lyster|Arthur L. St. G. Lyster]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Danae (1918)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Danae'']]'''<br>1 Jul, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 229}}<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref> &ndash; 30 Dec, 1935<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Kenneth Mathieson Fardell|Kenneth M. Fardell]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[James Wilfred Sussex Dorling|James W. S. Dorling]]'''|'''[[H.M.S. Resolution (1915)|Captain of H.M.S. ''Resolution'']]'''<br>22 Jul, 1938<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref> &ndash; Nov, 1939<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Oliver Bevir|Oliver Bevir]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Edward Conyngham Denison|Edward C. Denison]]'''<br><small>as '''Captain in Charge, H.M. Naval Establishment, Bermuda'''</small>|'''[[Bermuda Royal Dockyard|Commodore in Charge, H.M. Dockyard Bermuda]]'''<br>15 Jan, 1944<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref> &ndash; 31 Jan, 1944<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Charles Hugo Knox-Little|Charles H. Knox-Little]]'''}}
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{{TabApptsRow|Preceded by<br>'''[[Charles Hugo Knox-Little|Charles H. Knox-Little]]'''|'''[[Bermuda Royal Dockyard|Commodore in Charge, H.M. Dockyard Bermuda]]'''<br>7 Aug, 1944<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref> &ndash; Jul, 1946<ref>Knox-Little Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/119.|D7604874}} f. 127.</ref>|Succeeded by<br>'''?'''}}
 
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Revision as of 16:08, 29 May 2018

Rear-Admiral Charles Hugo Knox-Little (21 November, 1887 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of a clergyman.

Knox-Little was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 April, 1908.[1]

Knox-Little was appointed in command of the destroyer Test on 24 August, 1912.[2]

Knox-Little was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 April, 1916.[3]

Knox-Little was found to blame when depth charges in Sturgeon exploded on 11 May, 1917, as he had ensured that they'd been set to "safe" before the engines were stopped.[4] The death of petty officer Thomas C. Slade to wounds on 6 June might be related.[5]

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Tetrarch on 22 May, 1917.[6]

Knox-Little was mentioned in despatches for his role in the blocking operations at Zeebrugge and Ostend on 22 and 23 April, 1918.

Post-War

On 25 January, 1919, Knox-Little was appointed in command of the destroyer Sportive.[7]

Knox-Little heroically entered a minefield to rescue survivors of Manuel Balmo (?) after it had struck mines on 31 March, 1919.

Knox-Little was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1921.[8]

Knox-Little was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1929.[9]

Knox-Little was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 5 January, 1940 and was placed on the Retired List the following day.[10]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
John P. Landon
Captain of H.M.S. Test
24 Aug, 1912[11][12] – 3 Nov, 1915[13]
Succeeded by
William A. C. Salmond
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Lochinvar
3 Nov, 1915[14][15] – 20 Mar, 1917[16]
Succeeded by
George H. Creswell
Preceded by
Robert A. Hornell
Captain of H.M.S. Sturgeon
1 May, 1917[17] – 22 May, 1917[18]
Succeeded by
Ralph M. Mack
Preceded by
Alban T. B. Curteis
Captain of H.M.S. Tetrarch
22 May, 1917[19][20] – 25 Jan, 1919[21]
Succeeded by
Henry P. Boxer
Preceded by
Henry P. Boxer
Captain of H.M.S. Sportive
25 Jan, 1919[22][23] – after 30 Jun, 1921
Succeeded by
Henry A. Binmore
Preceded by
H. Taprell Dorling
Captain of H.M.S. Telemachus
9 Jul, 1923[24] – 25 Aug, 1923[25]
Succeeded by
Henry I. M. L. Scott
Preceded by
George H. Creswell
Captain of H.M.S. Serapis
1 Jan, 1926[26] – 14 Apr, 1926[27]
Succeeded by
Lawrence D'O. Bignell
Preceded by
Alfred H. Taylor
Captain of H.M.S. Delhi
c. Mar, 1929[28] – 13 Jan, 1930[29]
Succeeded by
William E. C. Tait
Preceded by
Arthur L. St. G. Lyster
Captain of H.M.S. Danae
1 Jul, 1932[30][31] – 30 Dec, 1935[32]
Succeeded by
Kenneth M. Fardell
Preceded by
James W. S. Dorling
Captain of H.M.S. Resolution
22 Jul, 1938[33] – Nov, 1939[34]
Succeeded by
Oliver Bevir
Preceded by
Edward C. Denison
as Captain in Charge, H.M. Naval Establishment, Bermuda
Commodore in Charge, H.M. Dockyard Bermuda
15 Jan, 1944[35] – 31 Jan, 1944[36]
Succeeded by
Charles H. Knox-Little
Preceded by
Charles H. Knox-Little
Commodore in Charge, H.M. Dockyard Bermuda
7 Aug, 1944[37] – Jul, 1946[38]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 385.
  3. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  4. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  5. Kindell. Royal Navy Roll of Honour Part 2. p. 366.
  6. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 916.
  7. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 866.
  8. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  9. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  10. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  11. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  12. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398p.
  13. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  14. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  15. The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 395ww.
  16. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  17. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  18. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  19. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  20. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 916.
  21. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  22. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  23. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 866.
  24. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  25. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  26. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  27. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  28. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  29. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  30. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 229.
  31. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  32. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  33. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  34. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  35. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  36. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  37. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.
  38. Knox-Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/119. f. 127.