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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>
 
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-Sturgeon}} 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}}
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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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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.

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