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Singer was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1903.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27632/pages/25 no. 27632.  p. 25.]  1 January, 1904.</ref>
Singer was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1903.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27632/pages/25 no. 27632.  p. 25.]  1 January, 1904.</ref>


Singer succeeded [[Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor|Frederick C. T. Tudor]] as commanding officer of [[H.M.S. Excellent (Gunnery Training School)|H.M.S. ''Excellent'']] on 1 June, 1912.<ref>"New Director of Naval Ordnance" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 21 March, 1912.  Issue '''39904''', col F, pg. 4.</ref>
Singer succeeded [[Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor|Frederick C. T. Tudor]] as commanding officer of [[H.M.S. Excellent (Gunnery Training School)|H.M.S. ''Excellent'']] on 1 June, 1912.<ref>"New Director of Naval Ordnance" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 21 March, 1912.  Issue '''39904''', col F, pg. 4.</ref>  He was appointed a [[Naval Aide-de-Camp]] to King George V on 10 May, 1913, vice [[Edward Francis Benedict Charlton|Charlton]].<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28718/pages/3438 no. 28718.  p. 3438.]  13 May, 1913.</ref>


==First World War==
==First World War==

Revision as of 09:50, 3 April 2011

Admiral Sir Morgan Singer.
Photo: The Times.

Admiral SIR Morgan Singer, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., Royal Navy (13 December, 1864 – 27 April, 1938) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War. After a career as a gunnery specialist, in 1914 he was appointed as Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes, before going to sea as Second-in-Command of the Tenth Cruiser Squadron on blockade duty in 1917. He saw out the rest of the war as Admiral Superintendent at Bermuda, and in 1921 was appointed Admiral Commanding Coastguard and Reserves. He retired upon promotion to Admiral in 1924.

Early Life & Career

At the examination for Naval Cadetships, Singer placed thirty-third out of the successful batch of forty-six candidates.[1]

Singer's promotion to the rank of Lieutenant was dated 13 December, 1885.[2]

Singer was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1898.[3]

Singer was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1903.[4]

Singer succeeded Frederick C. T. Tudor as commanding officer of H.M.S. Excellent on 1 June, 1912.[5] He was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King George V on 10 May, 1913, vice Charlton.[6]

First World War

See Also: Account of Morgan Singer of the Great War.

Depending on the source, Singer succeeded Rear-Admiral Tudor as Director of Naval Ordnance on either 15 August[7] or 19 August, 1914.[8]

Singer was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 14 September, 1915, vice Bayly, promoted to Vice-Admiral.[9]

On the growing friction between Fisher and Churchill over the Dardanelles policy Singer commented: "F. should undoubtedly have tendered his resignation or backed up the 1st Lord."[10]

After the operations in Antwerp, which Singer had helped equip, Singer was moved to write to his wife on 10 October, 1914: "I think that Winston had better disband his Naval Division now, but he is so obstinate that this will make him go on all the more, there were some men amongst those interned I'm sure [were] actually wanted for the Fleet!"[11]

In November, 1915 Singer and his family moved into 8 Wilton Street, Grosvenor Place. Fran went to the Francis Holland Church of England School. Singer was appointed a Civil C.B. on 1 January, 1916 and received it from His Majesty the King on 15 January.[10]

Upon the reorganisation of the Grand Fleet and Admiralty in November, 1916, Captain Frederic Charles Dreyer was one of the officers brought down to the Admiralty, reputedly as D.N.O. Captain Philip Wylie Dumas was moved to write on 1 December that if so it would be an "insult to Singer."[12]

In March he was appointed Rear-Admiral in the Tenth Cruiser Squadron and hoisted his flag in H.M.S. Orvieto on 2 April, 1917.[13]

He struck his Flag in the Tenth Cruiser Squadron on 14 December, 1917 and reported to London. On 15 December he was appointed Rear-Admiral Second-in-Command on the North America and West Indies Station and Admiral Superintendent of Bermuda Dockyard]].[14]

Post-War

On 8 February, 1919, Singer became temporary Commander-in-Chief on the North America station, and was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 12 February, vice Madden.[15] On 1 December, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.) on the occasion of the visit of the Prince of Wales to North America.[16]

In July, 1921 Singer was appointed a member of the Imperial War Graves Commission and its Finance Committee in succession to the recently deceased Admiral Sir Edmund S. Poë. Until he fell ill in the autumn of 1937 he rarely missed a meeting of the Commission.

Morgan was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 3 March, 1924, vice Charlton.[17] He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 August, 1924.[18]

His only son, Lieutenant-Commander Michael Morgan-Singer, was killed with the rest of the crew of H.M.A.S. Sydney in November, 1941.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval Cadetships" (News). The Times. Saturday, 30 June, 1877. Issue 28982, col A, pg. 14.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 25545. p. 7. 1 January, 1886.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26983. p. 3984. 1 July, 1898.
  4. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27632. p. 25. 1 January, 1904.
  5. ↑ "New Director of Naval Ordnance" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 21 March, 1912. Issue 39904, col F, pg. 4.
  6. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28718. p. 3438. 13 May, 1913.
  7. ↑ "New Sea Lord" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 7 August, 1914. Issue 40597, col D, pg. 4.
  8. ↑ "Admiral Sir Morgan Singer" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 29 April, 1938. Issue 47981, col D, pg. 18.
  9. ↑ London Gazette: no. 28902. p. 7294. 14 September, 1914.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Liddle Collection. University of Leeds. RNMN/SINGER. Singer Accouunt. p. 3.
  11. ↑ Letter of 10 October, 1914. Liddle Collection. University of Leeds. RNMN/SINGER.
  12. ↑ Dumas Diary entry for 1 December, 1916.
  13. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (September, 1917). p. 7.
  14. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (June, 1918). p. 7.
  15. ↑ London Gazette: no. 31201. p. 2738. 25 February, 1919.
  16. ↑ London Gazette: no. 31705. p. 15864. 23 December, 1919.
  17. ↑ London Gazette: no. 32919. p. 2323. 18 March, 1924.
  18. ↑ London Gazette: no. 32963. p. 5954. 8 August, 1924.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Sir Morgan Singer" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 29 April, 1938. Issue 47981, col D, pg. 18.
  • "Sir Morgan Singer" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 30 April, 1938. Issue 47982, col B, pg. 14.

Service Records


Naval Offices
Preceded by
Frederick C. T. Tudor 		Commanding Officer of H.M.S. Excellent
1912 – 1914 		Succeeded by
Cole C. Fowler
Preceded by
Frederick C. T. Tudor 		Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes
1914 – 1917
Responsibilities then divided 		Director of Naval Ordnance
Frederic C. Dreyer
Director of Torpedoes and Mining
The Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert
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