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[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] {{HONSIR}} '''Matthew Robert Best''', K.C.B., D.S.O., C.V.O. ( | [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] {{HONSIR}} '''Matthew Robert Best''', K.C.B., D.S.O., C.V.O., Royal Navy (18 June, 1878 – 13 October, 1940) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. | ||
In Best's diary entry for Monday 1st September, 1914: "C in C saw all Dreado: Captains onboard Iron Duke on subject of Action Tactics".<ref>Best Diaries. September, 1914. p. 79.</ref> | In Best's diary entry for Monday 1st September, 1914: "C in C saw all Dreado: Captains onboard Iron Duke on subject of Action Tactics".<ref>Best Diaries. September, 1914. p. 79.</ref> | ||
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==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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*"Admiral Sir Matthew Best" (Obituaries). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 15 October, 1940. Issue '''48747''', col F, pg. 7. | *"Admiral Sir Matthew Best" (Obituaries). ''The Times''. Tuesday, 15 October, 1940. Issue '''48747''', col F, pg. 7. | ||
*Keyes, R. J. B. (1980). Halpern, Paul G. ed. ''The Keyes Papers''. '''Volume II 1919-1938'''. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. ISBN 0-04-942165-4. | *Keyes, R. J. B. (1980). Halpern, Paul G. ed. ''The Keyes Papers''. '''Volume II 1919-1938'''. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. ISBN 0-04-942165-4. | ||
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==Service Record== | ==Service Record== | ||
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7892090&queryType=1&resultcount=1 ADM 196/44] | {{refbegin}} | ||
*The National Archives. [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7892090&queryType=1&resultcount=1 ADM 196/44] | |||
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[[Category:1878 births|Best]] | [[Category:1878 births|Best]] | ||
Revision as of 17:25, 30 December 2009
Admiral THE HONOURABLE SIR Matthew Robert Best, K.C.B., D.S.O., C.V.O., Royal Navy (18 June, 1878 – 13 October, 1940) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
In Best's diary entry for Monday 1st September, 1914: "C in C saw all Dreado: Captains onboard Iron Duke on subject of Action Tactics".[1]
Captain H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth 1919, Nelson 1927
On 25 November, 1927 Pound wrote to Keyes, mentioning: "Sir C.M. has been staying with Matthew Best in Nelson and I don't suppose any information obtained from the latter will be very sound".[2]
Best died on 13 October, 1940 at Crockway, Frampton, Dorset, at the age of sixty-two. His funeral took place at Toller Fratrum, Dorset, on Wednesday 16 October.
Footnotes
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir Matthew Best" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 15 October, 1940. Issue 48747, col F, pg. 7.
- Keyes, R. J. B. (1980). Halpern, Paul G. ed. The Keyes Papers. Volume II 1919-1938. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. ISBN 0-04-942165-4.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/44
