George Henry Cherry

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Vice-Admiral George Henry Cherry, Royal Navy, Retired (11 December, 1850 – 29 September, 1926) was an officer of the Royal Navy, best known for his notorious command of first class protected cruiser Argonaut from 1900 to 1904.

Life & Career

He was appointed in command of the first class protected cruiser Argonaut on 19 April, 1900.[1]

A junior midshipman in the Argonaut later recalled:

As midshipman of a duty cutter. I had probably as good touch as anybody with the lower deck. The men were not unhappy; there was no feeling of frustration or resentment. Captain Cherry was what we called a "nut"; he was severe but just and fair. Every defaulter knew exactly what he had coming to him. He was not capricious.[2]

Admiral Sir William James, an officer whom this editor will confess to holding in contempt, and who never served in Argonaut or under Cherry, took issue with the above and claimed that if the officers suffered then the men must have as well; a spurious claim at best.[3]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 225.
  2. "The Cherry Medal." The Naval Review. Vol. XXXVI. No. 4. p. 41.
  3. "The Cherry Medal." The Naval Review. Vol. XL. No. 1. p. 95.

Bibliography

  • "Vice-Admiral Cherry" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 2 October, 1926. Issue 44392, col C, p. 12.
  • Lowis, Commander Geoffrey (1959). Fabulous Admirals and Some Naval Fragments: Being a Brief Account of some of the Froth on those Characters who Enlivened the Royal Navy a Generation or Two Ago. London: Putnam.

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