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Revision as of 11:46, 11 July 2017
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
Footnotes
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1910). p. 383.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 394s.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 923a.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 923a.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 748.
- ↑ Godfrey Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/44/235. f. 235.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 278.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 278.