Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove

Rear-Admiral Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove (26 April, 1887 – 14 October, 1939) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.

Life & Career

Henry Blagrove was born in Harbledown, son of Colonel Blagrove, C.B..

Blagrove was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 June, 1909.

Appointed to Tiger on 22 August, 1914, Blagrove would serve as Officer of the Turret in "B" turret through much of the war, including the Battle of Jutland.

Blagrove was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 June, 1917 and appointed to Queen Elizabeth from Tiger on 24 November. He would finished out the war there.

Post-War

Blagrove was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1919.

On 20 January 1923, he was appointed to the light cruiser Cardiff, probably as executive officer. He enjoyed a stint during this appointment as acting Captain of Ceres, but the record is not altogether crystalline. Upon being relieved in Cardiff on 20 February, 1925, he sought passage on S.S. Vienna to make his return to England.

Blagrove was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1927.

In January 1929, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Cardiff.

He was appointed in command of the cruiser Norfolk on her recommissioning. He was superseded in her in January, 1935.

In 1938 or 1939, Blagrove was blamed for grounding Sussex and damaging her propellers.

Blagrove was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 January, 1939.

World War II

Blagrove was appointed to be Admiral Superintendent of Chatham Royal Dockyard on 2 October, 1939, but this was cancelled following his death aboard Royal Oak when she was torpedoed and sunk in Scapa Flow on 14 October, 1939. Clinton Francis Samuel Danby's appointment as Admiral Superintendent at Chatham was extended fully three years on account of Blagrove's demise.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia
• H.M.S. Tiger at the Battle of Jutland

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Arthur L. Snagge	Captain of H.M.S. Ceres 10 Feb, 1924 – 21 Feb, 1924	Succeeded by Nicholas E. Archdale
Preceded by Dudley B. N. North	Captain of H.M.S. Constance 10 Nov, 1927 – Dec, 1927	Succeeded by Gerald C. Harrison
Preceded by Vernon S. Butler	Captain of H.M.S. Cardiff 8 Jan, 1929 – Apr, 1931	Succeeded by Harold G. C. Franklin
Preceded by Harold G. C. Franklin	Captain of H.M.S. Curacoa 9 Oct, 1929 – Apr, 1931	Succeeded by Cosmo M. Graham
Preceded by Hamilton C. Allen	In Command, Physical Training School, Portsmouth 17 Aug, 1931 – 19 May, 1932	Succeeded by Errol Manners
Preceded by James F. Somerville	Captain of H.M.S. Norfolk May, 1932 – Jan, 1935	Succeeded by Henry C. Bovell
Preceded by Henry C. Bovell	Captain of H.M.S. Norfolk ? – Jan, 1935	Succeeded by Louis H. K. Hamilton
Preceded by G. Frederick B. Edward-Collins	Naval Assistant to the Second Sea Lord 7 Jan, 1935 – 12 Apr, 1937	Succeeded by John G. Crace
Preceded by Stuart S. Bonham-Carter	Captain of H.M.S. Sussex 12 Apr, 1937 – 1939	Succeeded by Alexander R. Hammick
Preceded by Lancelot E. Holland	Rear-Admiral, Second-in-Command, Second Battle Squadron 25 Aug, 1939 – 2 Oct, 1939	Succeeded by ?