George Holmes Borrett
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 appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding the Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron, dated 1 March, 1919.[2]
Assessment
Speaking to Captain Herbert W. Richmond in 1917, Borrett apparently said of Jutland, "We had them [the Germans] stone cold and we let them go."[3] 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 16:03, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 June, 1881. Issue 30231, col E, pg. 8.
- ↑ "End of Grand Fleet" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 3 April, 1919. Issue 42065, col D, pg. 13.
- ↑ 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
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
- 1868 births
- 1952 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1881
- Royal Navy Torpedo Officers
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Pioneer (1899)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Indefatigable (1891)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Ramillies (1892)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Donegal (1902)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Warrior (1905)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Monarch (1911)
- Rear-Admirals Commanding, Seventh Light Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
