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==Early Life & Career==
==Early Life & Career==
He was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} with seniority of 22 February, 1885.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25577/pages/1780 no. 25577.  p. 1780.]  13 April, 1886.</ref>
Hyde Smith was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 22 June, 1897.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26865/pages/3443 no. 26865.  p. 3443.]  22 June, 1897.</ref>
Hyde Smith was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 22 June, 1897.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26865/pages/3443 no. 26865.  p. 3443.]  22 June, 1897.</ref>


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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

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 22 February, 1885.[1]

Hyde Smith was promoted to the rank of Commander on 22 June, 1897.[2]

Great War

Hyde Smith was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1904.[3]

He was appointed in command of the battleship Irresistible on 29 March, 1910.[4]

On 29 June, 1915, Hyde Smith was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, vice Bridson.[5] On 21 September, he was appointed Senior Officer at Sheerness in charge of Naval Establishments.[6] He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 2 November, 1919, vice Grant, and placed on the Retired List on 3 November.[7]

Retirement

He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 1 August, 1924.[8]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ London Gazette: no. 25577. p. 1780. 13 April, 1886.
  2. ↑ London Gazette: no. 26865. p. 3443. 22 June, 1897.
  3. ↑ London Gazette: no. 27691. p. 4182. 1 July, 1904.
  4. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 14 March, 1910. Issue 39219, col E, pg. 7.
  5. ↑ London Gazette: no. 29214. p. 6438. 2 July, 1915.
  6. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 2.
  7. ↑ London Gazette: no. 31632. p. 13545. 7 November, 1919.
  8. ↑ London Gazette: no. 32963. p. 5954. 8 August, 1924.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral E. Hyde Smith" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 14 July, 1939. Issue 48357, col D, pg. 9.

Service Record

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