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Captain [[H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth (1913)|H.M.S. ''Queen Elizabeth'']] 1919, ''Nelson'' 1927 | Captain [[H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth (1913)|H.M.S. ''Queen Elizabeth'']] 1919, ''Nelson'' 1927 | ||
| − | On 25 November, 1927 [[Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound|Pound]] wrote to [[Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron | + | On 25 November, 1927 [[Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound|Pound]] wrote to [[Roger John Brownlow Keyes, First Baron Keyes|Keyes]], mentioning: "Sir C.M. has been staying with Matthew Best in ''Nelson'' and I don't suppose any information obtained from the latter will be very sound".<ref>''Keyes Papers''. '''II'''. p. 232.</ref> |
Best died on [[13 October]], [[1940]] at Crockway, Frampton, Dorset, at the age of sixty-two. His funeral took place at Toller Fratrum, Dorset, on Wednesday 16 October. | Best died on [[13 October]], [[1940]] at Crockway, Frampton, Dorset, at the age of sixty-two. His funeral took place at Toller Fratrum, Dorset, on Wednesday 16 October. | ||
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Admiral THE HONOURABLE SIR Matthew Robert Best, K.C.B., D.S.O., C.V.O. (18 June, 1878 – 13 October, 1940) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
In Best's diary entry for Monday 1st September, 1914: "C in C saw all Dreado: Captains onboard Iron Duke on subject of Action Tactics".[1]
Captain H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth 1919, Nelson 1927
On 25 November, 1927 Pound wrote to Keyes, mentioning: "Sir C.M. has been staying with Matthew Best in Nelson and I don't suppose any information obtained from the latter will be very sound".[2]
Best died on 13 October, 1940 at Crockway, Frampton, Dorset, at the age of sixty-two. His funeral took place at Toller Fratrum, Dorset, on Wednesday 16 October.
Footnotes
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir Matthew Best" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 15 October, 1940. Issue 48747, col F, pg. 7.
- Keyes, R. J. B. (1980). Halpern, Paul G. ed. The Keyes Papers. Volume II 1919-1938. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. ISBN 0-04-942165-4.
