Edward Bernard Cornish Dicken: Difference between revisions

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Rear-Admiral Edward Bernard Cornish Dicken, O.B.E., D.S.C., R.N. (18 January, 1888 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Dicken was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1909. He became a fluent speaker of French.^[1]

Dicken was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 July, 1917.^[2]

Dicken was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1922. He served as executive officer in Marlborough from 1925 to 1927.^[3]

Dicken was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1929.^[4]

Dicken was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 25 June, 1940 and placed on the Retired List the following day.^[5]

Naval Appointments
Preceded by The Hon. Alexander R. M. Ramsay	Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Paris c. Sep, 1922^[6] – c. 1925	Succeeded by James M. Pipon
Preceded by Sir John M. Alleyne	Captain of H.M.S. Lupin 29 Oct, 1930^[7]^[8] – Oct, 1931^[9]	Succeeded by John M. Howson
Preceded by John C. Annesley	Captain of H.M.S. Durban 6 Mar, 1934^[10]^[11] – 21 Sep, 1936^[12]	Succeeded by Noel A. Beal
Preceded by Cyril G. Sedgwick	Commodore in Charge at Hong Kong 3 Apr, 1937^[13] – 30 Apr, 1939^[14]	Succeeded by Arthur M. Peters
Preceded by Lancelot V. Donne	Captain of H.M.S. Diomede 21 Jul, 1939^[15] – 30 Jan, 1940^[16]	Succeeded by John W. Farquhar

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