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Revision as of 09:37, 2 August 2011
Rear-Admiral Robert Neale Lawson, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (8 March, 1873 – 11 August, 1945) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Robert Neale Lawson was born on 8 March, 1873, the son of the Reverend R. Lawson.
Captain
He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1912, aged thirty-nine. On 9 May, 1913, he became Flag Captain to Admiral Callaghan in Neptune, and transferred to H.M.S. Iron Duke on 10 March, 1914, when that ship became flagship of the Home Fleets. After Callaghan's supersession on 4 August, he served as Flag Captain to Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe. He was relieved by Captain Frederic C. Dreyer on 24 October, 1915.
On the occasion of the King's birthday he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 3 June, 1918.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30723. p. 6527. 3 June, 1918.
Bibliography
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/44.
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Preceded by Allan F. Everett |
Commanding Officer of H.M.S. Neptune 1913 – 1914 |
Succeeded by Allen T. Hunt |
Preceded by New Command |
Commanding Officer of H.M.S. Iron Duke 1914 – 1915 |
Succeeded by Frederic Dreyer |