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The '''Eastern Mediterranean Squadron''' was renamed the '''Ægean Squadron''' upon Rear-Admiral [[Sydney Robert Fremantle|Sydney R. Fremantle]] taking command in August, 1917.{{UKCeased|f. 32}}  At the same time, the commander went from being a Vice-Admiral to a Rear-Admiral, and the second-in-command was dropped.
 
The '''Eastern Mediterranean Squadron''' was renamed the '''Ægean Squadron''' upon Rear-Admiral [[Sydney Robert Fremantle|Sydney R. Fremantle]] taking command in August, 1917.{{UKCeased|f. 32}}  At the same time, the commander went from being a Vice-Admiral to a Rear-Admiral, and the second-in-command was dropped.
  
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==Vice-Admirals Commanding==
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==In Command==
 
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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Vice-Admiral Commanding, Eastern Mediterranean Squadron" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Vice-Admiral Commanding, Eastern Mediterranean Squadron}}
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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Vice-Admiral Commanding, Eastern Mediterranean Squadron" nat="UK">
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Sackville Hamilton Carden|nick=Sackville H. Carden|appt=20 September, 1914<ref>Carden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 185.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Sackville Hamilton Carden|nick=Sackville H. Carden|appt=20 September, 1914<ref>Carden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38.}}  f. 185.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{ViceRN}}|name=John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|nick=Sir John M. de Robeck|appt=17 March, 1915{{UKCeased|f. 32}}|end=19 June, 1916<ref>de Robeck Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 128.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{ViceRN}}|name=John Michael de Robeck, First Baronet|nick=Sir John M. de Robeck|appt=17 March, 1915{{UKCeased|f. 32}}|end=19 June, 1916<ref>de Robeck Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 128.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Cecil Fiennes Thursby|nick=Sir Cecil F. Thursby|appt=19 June, 1916{{UKCeased|f. 32}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Cecil Fiennes Thursby|nick=Sir Cecil F. Thursby|appt=19 June, 1916{{UKCeased|f. 32}}|end=25 August, 1917<ref>Thursby Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/20.}} f. 658.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Sydney Robert Fremantle|nick=Sydney F. Fremantle|appt=13 August, 1917{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron|end=2 January, 1918<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 473.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Sydney Robert Fremantle|nick=Sydney F. Fremantle|appt=13 August, 1917{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron|end=2 January, 1918<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 473.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|nick=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|appt=2 January, 1918{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|nick=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|appt=2 January, 1918{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}|end=February, 1918|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Cecil Foley Lambert|nick=Cecil F. Lambert|appt=24 February, 1918{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Cecil Foley Lambert|nick=Cecil F. Lambert|appt=24 February, 1918{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}|end=1 September, 1918<ref>Lambert Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 279.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|nick=Michael Culme-Seymour|appt=1 September, 1918{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}<ref>Hayes-Sadler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 44.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron|end=17 February, 1918<ref>Hayes-Sadler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 44.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|nick=Michael Culme-Seymour|appt=1 September, 1918{{UKCeased|Unnumbered folio}}<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 477.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Ægean Squadron|end=31 December, 1918<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 477.</ref>}}
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{{TenureListEnd}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|nick=Michael Culme-Seymour|appt=1 January, 1919<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 477.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral Commanding, Black Sea & Sea of Marmora|end=19 October, 1919<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 477.</ref>|note=as Rear-Admiral Commanding, Black Sea & Sea of Marmora|succBy=Command Disestablished}}
 
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[[Algernon Walker-Heneage-Vivian]] also held this position at some time, likely after Culme-Seymour.{{FC}}
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==Second-in-Command==
  
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==Rear-Admirals==
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<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Rear-Admiral, Second in Command, Eastern Mediterranean Squadron" nat="UK">
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Cecil Fiennes Thursby|nick=Sir Cecil F. Thursby|appt=March, 1915}}
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<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Rear-Admiral, Second in Command, Eastern Mediterranean Squadron" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Rear-Admiral, Second in Command, Eastern Mediterranean Squadron}}
 
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Stuart Nicholson|nick=Stuart Nicholson|appt=June, 1915}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Stuart Nicholson|nick=Stuart Nicholson|appt=June, 1915}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Cecil Fiennes Thursby|nick=Sir Cecil F. Thursby|appt=March, 1915}}
 
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur Henry Christian|nick=Arthur H. Christian|appt=July, 1915<ref>Christian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579047}} f. 142.</ref>|end=20 July, 1917<ref>Christian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579047}} f. 142.</ref>|note=flag in {{UK-Swiftsure}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur Henry Christian|nick=Arthur H. Christian|appt=July, 1915<ref>Christian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579047}} f. 142.</ref>|end=20 July, 1917<ref>Christian Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|D7579047}} f. 142.</ref>|note=flag in {{UK-Swiftsure}}}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Sydney Robert Fremantle|nick=Sydney R. Fremantle|appt=February, 1916<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 473.</ref>|end=27 July, 1916<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 473.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Sydney Robert Fremantle|nick=Sydney R. Fremantle|appt=February, 1916<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 473.</ref>|end=27 July, 1916<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 473.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|nick=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|appt=15 July, 1916<ref>Hayes-Sadler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 44.</ref>|end=2 January, 1918<ref>Hayes-Sadler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 44.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|nick=Arthur Hayes-Sadler|appt=15 July, 1916<ref>Hayes-Sadler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 44.</ref>|end=2 January, 1918<ref>Hayes-Sadler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 44.</ref>}}
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Latest revision as of 12:43, 9 August 2022

The Eastern Mediterranean Squadron was renamed the Ægean Squadron upon Rear-Admiral Sydney R. Fremantle taking command in August, 1917.[1] At the same time, the commander went from being a Vice-Admiral to a Rear-Admiral, and the second-in-command was dropped.

In Command

Dates of appointment given:

Second-in-Command

John M. de Robeck may have held this command prior to being made Vice-Admiral Commanding.[Fact Check]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 32.
  2. ↑ Carden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 185.
  3. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 32.
  4. ↑ de Robeck Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 128.
  5. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. f. 32.
  6. ↑ Thursby Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 658.
  7. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered folio.
  8. ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 473.
  9. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered folio.
  10. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered folio.
  11. ↑ Lambert Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 279.
  12. ↑ Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918. Unnumbered folio.
  13. ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
  14. ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
  15. ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
  16. ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
  17. ↑ Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 142.
  18. ↑ Christian Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 142.
  19. ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 473.
  20. ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 473.
  21. ↑ Hayes-Sadler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 44.
  22. ↑ Hayes-Sadler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 44.

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