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| − | Green was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 January, 1901.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27263/pages/82 no. 27263. p. 82.] 4 January, 1901.</ref> | + | Green was specially promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 January, 1901, for services in China.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27263/pages/82 no. 27263. p. 82.] 4 January, 1901.</ref> |
==Great War== | ==Great War== | ||
Revision as of 08:36, 16 March 2011
Admiral SIR John Frederick Ernest Green, K.C.M.G., C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (8 August, 1866 – 30 October, 1948) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
Green was specially promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1901, for services in China.[1]
Great War
Green was appointed Senior Naval Officer on the Clyde on 20 October, 1917.[2] On 30 October, 1918, he was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding in the White Sea, with his flag in H.M.S. Glory.[3]
On 1 April, 1922, Green was appointed Commanding Officer, Coast of Scotland and Admiral Superintendent of Rosyth Dockyard.[4]
Retirement
While shooting in Fife on 31 October, 1925 with fellow retired admiral Edward H. Moubray and Admiral Sir Henry Oliver, Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet, Green wheeled for a woodcock, fired and shot one barrel into Oliver, fortunately not seriously injuring him. According to Oliver, Green had accidentally shot someone before, and acquired a reputation for doing so.[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27263. p. 82. 4 January, 1901.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (June, 1918). p. 4.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 7.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 27 March, 1922. Issue 42990, col A, pg. 23.
- ↑ "Oliver Typescript Memoir." II. pp. 270-271.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir John Green" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 2 November, 1948. Issue 51218, col E, pg. 7.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
| Naval Offices | ||
| Preceded by Sir Herbert L. Heath |
Commanding Officer, Coast of Scotland and Admiral Superintendent of Rosyth Dockyard 1922 – 1923 |
Succeeded by Sir Reginald Y. Tyrhwitt |
- 1866 births
- 1948 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1879
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Pigmy (1888)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Caledonia (Boys' Training Ship)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Essex (1901)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Royal Arthur (1891)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Natal (1905)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. New Zealand (1911)
- Admirals Superintendent on the Clyde
- Senior Naval Officers on the White Sea
- Commanding Officers, Coast of Scotland and Admirals Superintendent of Rosyth Dockyard
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
