Herbert Lyon
From The Dreadnought Project
Admiral Herbert Lyon, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (28 December, 1856 – 6 March, 1919) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
Lyon was appointed to the Tamar as Commodore, Second Class and naval officer in charge at Hong Kong on 18 August, 1908.[1]
Lyon was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 24 October, 1915.[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 10 August, 1908. Issue 38721, col C, pg. 7.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 29340. p. 10509. 26 October, 1915.
Bibliography
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/87.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/39.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/19.
Categories:
- 1856 births
- 1919 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1870
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Antelope (1893)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Pelican (1877)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Curacoa (1878)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Cleopatra (1878)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Retribution (1891)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Trafalgar (1887)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Bedford (1901)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Cornwall (1902)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Formidable (1898)
- Commodores-in-Charge, Hong Kong
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
- Royal Naval Reserve Commodores, Second Class
