Edmund Hyde Smith
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Admiral Edmund Hyde Smith, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (21 June, 1865 – 13 July, 1939) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
Hyde Smith was promoted to the rank of Commander on 22 June, 1897.[1]
Great War
Hyde Smith was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1904.[2]
On 29 June, 1915, Hyde Smith was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, vice Bridson.[3] On 21 September, he was appointed Senior Officer at Sheerness in charge of Naval Establishments.[4] He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 2 November, 1919, vice Grant, and placed on the Retired List on 3 November.[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26865. p. 3443. 22 June, 1897.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27691. p. 4182. 1 July, 1904.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 29214. p. 6438. 2 July, 1915.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 2.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 31632. p. 13545. 7 November, 1919.
Bibliography
- "Admiral E. Hyde Smith" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 14 July, 1939. Issue 48357, col D, pg. 9.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
Categories:
- 1865 births
- 1939 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1878
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Pegasus (1897)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Argonaut (1898)
- Inspecting Captains of Mechanical Training Establishments
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Irresistible (1898)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Africa (1905)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Bulwark (1899)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Lord Nelson (1906)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Monarch (1911)
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers