Edmund Hyde Smith
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]
Appointed Captain of Bulwark 25 March, 1911.[Citation needed]
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]
On the occasion of the King's birthday he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 3 June, 1919.[7] He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 2 November, vice Grant, and placed on the Retired List on 3 November.[8]
Retirement
He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 1 August, 1924.[9]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 25577. p. 1780. 13 April, 1886.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26865. p. 3443. 22 June, 1897.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27691. p. 4182. 1 July, 1904.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 14 March, 1910. Issue 39219, col E, pg. 7.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 29214. p. 6438. 2 July, 1915.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 2.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31379. p. 7045. 3 June, 1919.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 31632. p. 13545. 7 November, 1919.
- ↑ 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 Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/88.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
- 1865 births
- 1939 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1878
- Captains of H.M.S. Pegasus (1897)
- Captains of H.M.S. Argonaut (1898)
- Inspecting Captains of Mechanical Training Establishments
- Captains of H.M.S. Irresistible (1898)
- Captains of H.M.S. Africa (1905)
- Captains of H.M.S. Bulwark (1899)
- Captains of H.M.S. Lord Nelson (1906)
- Captains of H.M.S. Monarch (1911)
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
