Hugh Dudley Richards Watson
From The Dreadnought Project
Admiral SIR Hugh Dudley Richards Watson, K.C.B., C.V.O., C.B.E., Royal Navy (20 April, 1872 – 22 May, 1954) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Watson was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 9 October, 1929, vice Bentinck, placed on the Retired List.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33542. p. 6476. 11 October, 1929.
Bibliography
- "Adml. Sir Hugh Watson" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 24 May, 1954. Issue 52939, col A, pg. 9.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
Categories:
- 1872 births
- 1954 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1885
- Royal Navy Naval Attachés
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Essex (1901)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Bellerophon (1907)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Canada (1913)
- Presidents of the Sports Control Board (Royal Navy)
- Naval Secretaries to the First Lord of the Admiralty
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
