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On 5 October, 1917, he was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King George V, vice [[James Clement Ley|Ley]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30343/pages/10762 no. 30343.  p. 10762.]  19 October, 1917.</ref>
 
On 5 October, 1917, he was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King George V, vice [[James Clement Ley|Ley]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30343/pages/10762 no. 30343.  p. 10762.]  19 October, 1917.</ref>
  
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==Post-War==
 
Borrett was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding the [[Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron]], dated 1 March, 1919.<ref>"End  of Grand Fleet" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 3 April, 1919.  Issue '''42065''', col D, pg. 13.</ref>
 
Borrett was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding the [[Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron]], dated 1 March, 1919.<ref>"End  of Grand Fleet" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 3 April, 1919.  Issue '''42065''', col D, pg. 13.</ref>
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He was advanced to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on the Retired List on 1 August, 1927.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/33300/pages/5105 no. 33300.  p. 5105.]  5 August, 1927.</ref>
  
 
==Assessment==
 
==Assessment==

Revision as of 04:57, 31 March 2011

Admiral George Holmes Borrett, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (10 March, 1868 – 10 June, 1952) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Borrett scored 1,322 marks in the competitive examinations for cadetships in the Royal Navy, coming third out of his batch of twenty.[1]

Borrett was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 13 November, 1889.[2]

Borrett was specially promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1901, for services in China.[3]

Great War

On 5 October, 1917, he was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King George V, vice Ley.[4]

Post-War

Borrett was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding the Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron, dated 1 March, 1919.[5]

He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 1 August, 1927.[6]

Assessment

Speaking to Captain Herbert W. Richmond in 1917, Borrett apparently said of Jutland, "We had them [the Germans] stone cold & we let them go."[7] Accepting that this conversation took place, this writer has been unable to find among the Jutland papers any mention of Captain Borrett hauling Monarch out of the line after the Germans, or of him signalling his immediate superior in the battle line, Rear-Admiral Leveson, suggesting that he do the same. — SIMON HARLEY, Co-editor.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 June, 1881. Issue 30231, col E, pg. 8.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 25994. p. 6135. 19 November, 1889.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27263. p. 82. 4 January, 1901.
  4. ↑ London Gazette: no. 30343. p. 10762. 19 October, 1917.
  5. ↑ "End of Grand Fleet" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 3 April, 1919. Issue 42065, col D, pg. 13.
  6. ↑ London Gazette: no. 33300. p. 5105. 5 August, 1927.
  7. ↑ Diary entry for 4 May, 1917. Quoted in Marder. Portrait of an Admiral. p. 247.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral G. H. Borrett" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 11 June, 1952. Issue 52335, col D, pg. 8.

Service Record

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