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{{ViceRN}} '''Harry Rowlandson Godfrey''', R.N., Retired (11 October, 1875 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{ViceRN}} (retired) '''Harry Rowlandson Godfrey''', C.B., D.S.O. (11 October, 1875 – 17 February, 1947) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Godfrey was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 September, 1898.<ref>Godfrey Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/235.|D7576608}} f. 235.</ref>
  
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Godfrey was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1909.<ref>Godfrey Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/235.|D7576608}} f. 235.</ref>
  
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Godfrey showed great courage in sweeping mines and patrolling inside the Dardanelles and in assisting the embarcation at Cata Telex on April 25/26, 1915.<ref>Godfrey Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/235.|D7576608}} f. 235.</ref>
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Godfrey was appointed in command of the {{UK-Vampire|f=t}} on 2 October, 1917.{{NLFeb19|p. 923''a'}}
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Godfrey was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1915.<ref>Godfrey Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/235.|D7576608}} f. 235.</ref>
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Godfrey was appointed in command of the {{UK-Vampire|f=t}} on 2 October, 1917.
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==Post-War==
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On 4 November, 1919, Godfrey was appointed for temporary duties in the Training & Staff Duties Division to write a destroyer manual.  This was done outside the Admiralty and the work extended into 1920, but the rest of the date is not legible.  In January, 1921 he was taking a Senior Officers' Technical Course.<ref>Godfrey Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/235.|D7576608}} f. 235.</ref>
  
 
He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Valiant|f=t}} in November, 1924.
 
He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Valiant|f=t}} in November, 1924.
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Godfrey was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 6 August, 1926 and placed on the Retired List the following day at his own request.<ref>Godfrey Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/235.|D7576608}} f. 235.</ref>
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Godfrey was promoted to the rank of {{ViceRN}} on 2 April, 1931.<ref>Godfrey Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/44/235.|D7576608}} f. 235.</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 14:34, 1 November 2016

Vice-Admiral (retired) Harry Rowlandson Godfrey, C.B., D.S.O. (11 October, 1875 – 17 February, 1947) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Godfrey was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 September, 1898.[1]

Godfrey was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1909.[2]

Godfrey was appointed in command of the destroyer Beagle on 1 February, 1913.

Great War

Godfrey showed great courage in sweeping mines and patrolling inside the Dardanelles and in assisting the embarcation at Cata Telex on April 25/26, 1915.[3]

Godfrey was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1915.[4]

Godfrey was appointed in command of the flotilla leader Vampire on 2 October, 1917.

Post-War

On 4 November, 1919, Godfrey was appointed for temporary duties in the Training & Staff Duties Division to write a destroyer manual. This was done outside the Admiralty and the work extended into 1920, but the rest of the date is not legible. In January, 1921 he was taking a Senior Officers' Technical Course.[5]

He was appointed in command of the battleship Valiant in November, 1924.

Godfrey was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 6 August, 1926 and placed on the Retired List the following day at his own request.[6]

Godfrey was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 2 April, 1931.[7]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Eric V. F. R. Dugmore 		Captain of H.M.S. Teal
5 Feb, 1907[8] 		Succeeded by
The Hon. Guy Stopford
Preceded by
Lionel J. G. Anderson 		Captain of H.M.S. Beagle
1 Feb, 1913[9] 		Succeeded by
Theodore E. J. Bigg
Preceded by
? 		Captain of H.M.S. Greenwich
15 Feb, 1916[10] – 1917[Inference] 		Succeeded by
Rafe G. Rowley-Conwy
Preceded by
Frederick E. K. Strong 		Captain of H.M.S. Vampire
2 Oct, 1917[11] 		Succeeded by
Claud F. Allsup
Preceded by
Walter L. Allen 		Captain (D), Fourteenth Destroyer Flotilla
2 Oct, 1917[12] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Richard G. A. W. Stapleton-Cotton 		Captain of H.M.S. Dido
24 Feb, 1921[13] 		Succeeded by
Brien M. Money
Preceded by
David T. Norris 		Captain of H.M.S. Valiant
Nov, 1924[14] 		Succeeded by
Humphrey T. Walwyn

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  2. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  3. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  4. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  5. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  6. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  7. ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 383.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 392h.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394s.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 923a.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 924.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 748.
  14. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.

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