Horace Geoffrey Norman

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Vice-Admiral (retired) Horace Geoffrey Norman, C.B., C.B.E. (25 May, 1896 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Norman joined the navy as part of a special emergency term taken into the Training Establishment in September 1914. He passed out on New Year's Day, 1915, and was appointed to the super-dreadnought battleship Queen Elizabeth, a ship he would command 28 years later. On 22 June 1917 he went to the light cruiser Caledon. Just on month later, he took a month's instruction in Torpedo Control at H.M.S. Vernon.[1]

From August 1917 he commenced a year in the destroyer Tancred, eventually being made an Acting Lieutenant. From 21 August 1918 through the end of the war, he was in the destroyer Tilbury.[2]

Norman was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 October, 1918.[3]

Norman was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 October, 1926.[4]

Norman was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1932.[5]

Norman was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1938.[6]

World War II

Norman was appointed in command of the battleship Queen Elizabeth in April, 1943.

Norman was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 8 July, 1947.[7]

Norman was placed on the Retired List at the rank of Vice-Admiral on 1 December, 1950.[8]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Frederick R. M. Johnson
Captain of H.M.S. Calcutta
28 Sep, 1938[9] – 20 Oct, 1938[10]
Succeeded by
Herbert A. Packer
Preceded by
Reginald C. Haskett-Smith
Captain of H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth
Apr, 1943[11] – 31 Mar, 1945[12]
Succeeded by
Robert M. Ellis

Footnotes

  1. Norman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/86. f. 86.
  2. Norman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/86. f. 86.
  3. Norman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/86. f. 86.
  4. Norman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/86. f. 86.
  5. Norman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/86. f. 86.
  6. Norman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/86. f. 86.
  7. Norman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/86. f. 86.
  8. Norman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/86. f. 86.
  9. Norman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/86. f. 86.
  10. Norman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/86. f. 86.
  11. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  12. Uboat.net page on the ship.