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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}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|nameBertram 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={{RearRN}}|name=Bertram Home Ramsay|nick=Bertram H. Ramsay|appt=24 August, 1939|end=23 April, 1942|as=Flag Officer-in-Charge, Dover}}
 
{{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}}
 
{{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}}
 
{{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}}
 
{{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}}

Revision as of 08:27, 26 July 2017

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:

Captains Superintendent

King's Harbour Master

Assistant King's Harbour Master

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. Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
  6. Pridham-Wippell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/14. ff. 177, 253.
  7. Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.
  8. Russel Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/75. f. 40.

See Also