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'''Dover''' was an important British base from which light forces sortied to cover the English Channel at its pinch point near Calais.
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'''Dover''' was an important British base from which light forces sortied to cover the English Channel at its pinch point near [[Calais]] and [[Dunkirk]].  It serving as the operational base for the [[Dover Patrol]] as well as the forces covering [[Auxiliary Patrol Area XI]].
  
 
==Senior Officers==
 
==Senior Officers==
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|nick=Heathcoat S. Grant|appt=10 January, 1917<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>|end=18 June, 1917<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Heathcoat Salusbury Grant|nick=Heathcoat S. Grant|appt=10 January, 1917<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>|end=18 June, 1917<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.|}} f. 338.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Cecil Frederick Dampier|nick=Cecil F. Dampier|appt=18 June, 1917<ref>Dampier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 497.</ref>|end=1 June, 1918<ref>Dampier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 497.</ref>|as=Admiral Superintendent of H.M. Dockyard, etc., at Dover}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Cecil Frederick Dampier|nick=Cecil F. Dampier|appt=18 June, 1917<ref>Dampier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 497.</ref>|end=1 June, 1918<ref>Dampier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 497.</ref>|as=Admiral Superintendent of H.M. Dockyard, etc., at Dover}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=Robert Lionel Brooke Cunliffe|nick=Robert L. B. Cunliffe|appt=|end=1 August, 1942<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}}  ff. 177, 253.</ref>|as=Flag Officer in Charge, Dover}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Alexander Percy Davidson|nick=Alexander P. Davidson|appt=1 June, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 1854}}|end=7 April, 1920|as=Captain-in-Charge, Dover}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Henry Daniel Pridham-Wippell|nick=Henry D. Pridham-Wippell|appt=1 August, 1942<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}}  ff. 177, 253.</ref>|end=11 July, 1945|as=Flag Officer in Charge, Dover}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Bertram Home Ramsay|nick=Bertram H. Ramsay|appt=24 August, 1939|end=23 April, 1942|as=Flag Officer-in-Charge, Dover}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com1RN}}|name=Robert Lionel Brooke Cunliffe|nick=Robert L. B. Cunliffe|appt=23 April, 1942|end=1 August, 1942<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}}  ff. 177, 253.</ref>|as=Flag Officer-in-Charge, Dover|note=temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{AdmRN}}|name=Henry Daniel Pridham-Wippell|nick=Henry D. Pridham-Wippell|appt=1 August, 1942<ref>Pridham-Wippell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/14.|D7576677}}  ff. 177, 253.</ref>|end=11 July, 1945|as=Flag Officer-in-Charge, Dover}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Hugh Bousfield|nick=Henry H. Bousfield|appt=10 July, 1945|end=10 December, 1945|as=Naval Officer-in-Charge, Dover}}
 
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==Captains Superintendent==
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==Superintendents==
  
 
<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Captain Superintendent, Dover" nat="UK">
 
<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Captain Superintendent, Dover" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederic Archibald Hunter Russel|nick=Frederic A. H. Russel|appt=16 December, 1940<ref>Russel Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/75.|D7604174}} f. 40.</ref>|end=20 November, 1925<ref>Russel Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/75.|D7604174}} f. 40.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederic Archibald Hunter Russel|nick=Frederic A. H. Russel|appt=16 December, 1940<ref>Russel Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/75.|D7604174}} f. 40.</ref>|end=20 November, 1945<ref>Russel Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49/75.|D7604174}} f. 40.</ref>}}
 
</div name=fredbot:office1>
 
</div name=fredbot:office1>
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==King's Harbour Master==
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<div name=fredbot:office2 otitle="King's Harbour Master, Dover" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Stewart Evelyn Forster|nick=Stewart E. Forster|appt=25 February, 1910|end=9 October, 1913}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Edward Winthrop|nick=Edward Winthrop|appt=25 January, 1915|end=5 February, 1915{{NavAppts|Monday, Feb 08, 1915; pg. 12; Issue 40772}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Arnot Henderson|nick=Arnot Henderson|appt=5 February, 1915{{NavAppts|Monday, Feb 08, 1915; pg. 12; Issue 40772}}|end=11 December, 1916|note=invalided}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Cecil Frederick Dampier|nick=Cecil Frederick Dampier|appt=18 June, 1917|end=1 June, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Alexander Percy Davidson|nick=Alexander P. Davidson|appt=1 June, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 1854}}|end=7 April, 1920}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Stanley Bernard Norfolk|nick=Stanley B. Norfolk|appt=17 June, 1919{{NLJan21|p. 828-9}}|end=19 August, 1921}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Thomas Bodley Scott|nick=Thomas B. Scott|appt=1 October, 1921|end=21 October, 1923}}
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==Assistant King's Harbour Master==
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<div name=fredbot:office3 otitle="Assistant King's Harbour Master, Dover" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Francis Thomas Barr|nick=Francis T. Barr|appt=14 February, 1907<ref>Barr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/88.|}} f 83.</ref>|end=15 May, 1913<ref>Barr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/88.|}} f 84.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} (retired) ('''N''')|name=George Hope Bevan|nick=George H. Bevan|appt=15 May, 1913{{NLDec18|p. 1854}}|end=17 June, 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Frederic Godfrey Bird|nick=Frederic G. Bird|appt=7 March, 1915|end=21 July, 1915|note=apparently temporary}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Cecil Russell Hains Harvey|nick=Cecil R. H. Harvey|appt=27 March, 1920<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/40.|}} f. 42.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 828-9}}|end=21 February, 1921<ref>Harvey Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/40.|}} f. 42.</ref>}}
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</div name=fredbot:office3>
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==Divisional Naval Transport Officer==
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<div name=fredbot:officeDNTO otitle="Divisional Naval Transport Officer, Dover" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=George Edward Beckwith Bairnsfather|nick=George E. B. Bairnsfather|appt=1 January, 1915|end=15 June, 1918}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Ferdinand Halford Elderton|nick=Ferdinand H. Elderton|appt=before December, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 1154}}|end=|note=temporary}}
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==Assistant Principal Naval Transport Officer==
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<div name=fredbot:officeAPNTO otitle="Assistant Principal Naval Transport Officer, Dover" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}} (retired)|name=Francis Thomas Barr|nick=Francis T. Barr|appt=13 October, 1914<ref>Barr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/88.|}} f 83.</ref>|end=15 June, 1918<ref>Barr Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/88.|}} f 83.</ref>}}
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==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
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Latest revision as of 11:11, 30 April 2023

Dover was an important British base from which light forces sortied to cover the English Channel at its pinch point near Calais and Dunkirk. It serving as the operational base for the Dover Patrol as well as the forces covering Auxiliary Patrol Area XI.

Senior Officers

Dates of appointment given:

Superintendents

King's Harbour Master

Assistant King's Harbour Master

Divisional Naval Transport Officer

Assistant Principal Naval Transport Officer

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.
  2. ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.
  3. ↑ Dampier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 497.
  4. ↑ Dampier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 497.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 1854.
  6. ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
  7. ↑ Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
  8. ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
  9. ↑ Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
  10. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 08, 1915; pg. 12; Issue 40772.
  11. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Feb 08, 1915; pg. 12; Issue 40772.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 1854.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 828-9.
  14. ↑ Barr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/88. f 83.
  15. ↑ Barr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/88. f 84.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 1854.
  17. ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/40. f. 42.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 828-9.
  19. ↑ Harvey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/40. f. 42.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 1154.
  21. ↑ Barr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/88. f 83.
  22. ↑ Barr Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/88. f 83.

See Also

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