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Admiral SIR Charles James Colebrooke Little, G.C.B., G.B.E. (14 June 1882 – 20 June 1973) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Commander Little was appointed in command of the torpedo gunboat Hazard and of the Fourth Submarine Flotilla on 23 November, 1911.[1]

Little was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1917.

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Fearless in September 1916,[2] and remained in her to the end of the war.[Citation needed] In May, 1917, he appears to have been appointed the role of Captain (S) to the Twelfth Submarine Flotilla, of which Fearless was flag/flotilla cruiser.[3]

Little was appointed in command of the light cruiser Cleopatra on 4 March, 1919.[4]

He was appointed as captain of Iron Duke in 1926.[5]

See Also

Papers

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. D 1
1 Aug, 1908[6] – 3 May, 1910[7] 		Succeeded by
Noel F. Laurence
Preceded by
Alexander R. Palmer 		Captain of H.M.S. Hazard
23 Nov, 1911[8][9] – 3 Aug, 1914[10] 		Succeeded by
Nicholas E. Archdale
Preceded by
? 		Commander (S), Fourth Submarine Flotilla
1 Jan, 1913[11] – 3 Aug, 1914[12] 		Succeeded by
Henry Spencer
Preceded by
Martin E. Nasmith 		Captain of H.M.S. Arrogant
3 Aug, 1914[13][14] – 10 Feb, 1915[15] 		Succeeded by
Alexander R. Palmer
Preceded by
Charles D. Roper 		Captain of H.M.S. Fearless
Sep, 1916[16][17] – 4 Mar, 1919[18] 		Succeeded by
Ernest W. Leir
Preceded by
? 		Captain (S), Twelfth Submarine Flotilla
26 Sep, 1916[19] – 4 Mar, 1919[20] 		Succeeded by
Ernest W. Leir
Preceded by
Walter R. G. Petre 		Captain of H.M.S. Cleopatra
4 Mar, 1919[21][22] – 23 Dec, 1919[23] 		Succeeded by
Arthur Stopford
Preceded by
? 		Assistant Director of the Trade Division
23 Dec, 1919[24] – 24 May, 1920[25] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Alan G. Hotham 		Director of the Trade Division
24 May, 1920[26][27] – 2 May, 1922[28] 		Succeeded by
Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith
Preceded by
? 		Captain of the Fleet, Mediterranean Fleet
after Jun, 1922[29] – 20 Aug, 1924[30] 		Succeeded by
Lachlan D. I. Mackinnon
Preceded by
Raymond Fitzmaurice 		Captain of H.M.S. Iron Duke
24 Jul, 1926[31] – 8 Aug, 1927[32] 		Succeeded by
Francis M. Austin
Preceded by
Francis H. Mitchell 		Rear-Admiral, Second-in-Command, Second Battle Squadron
26 Apr, 1930[33] – 25 Apr, 1931[34] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Martin E. Nasmith 		Rear-Admiral (S)
1931 – 1932 		Succeeded by
Noel F. Laurence
Preceded by
Sir Frederic C. Dreyer 		Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
9 Jan, 1933[35][36] – 8 Nov, 1935[37] 		Succeeded by
Sir William M. James
Preceded by
Sir Frederic C. Dreyer 		Commander-in-Chief, China Station
8 Nov, 1935[38] – 5 Feb, 1938[39] 		Succeeded by
Lewis G. E. Crabbe
as Acting Commander-in-Chief, China Station
Preceded by
Sir Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith 		Second Sea Lord
2 Sep, 1938[40] – 1 Jun, 1941[41] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Sir William M. James 		Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth Station
1 Oct, 1942[42] – 15 Apr, 1945[43] 		Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 322b.
  2. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 793.
  3. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (May, 1917). p. 12.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 758.
  5. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 344.
  7. ↑ Appointed to St. Vincent that day and Noel Laurence took command of D 1 that day.
  8. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1912). p. 323.
  10. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/95
  11. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  12. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  13. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 277.
  15. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  16. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 793.
  18. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  19. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  20. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  21. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 758.
  23. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  24. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  25. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  26. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 1816.
  28. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  29. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  30. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  31. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  32. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  33. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  34. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  35. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  36. ↑ "Admiralty Change" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 30 June, 1932. Issue 46173, col D, p. 16.
  37. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  38. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  39. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  40. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  41. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  42. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.
  43. ↑ Little Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/95. f. 300.

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