John Green (Royal Navy officer)
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Sir John Green
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| File:Rear-admiral John Frederick Ernest Green, Cb Art.IWMART1741.jpg
1918 portrait by Francis Dodd
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| Born | 8 August 1866 |
| Died | 30 October 1948 (aged 82) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
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 Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1882–1925 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held | HMS Essex (1901)[1] HMS Royal Arthur (1891)[1] HMS Natal (1905)[1] HMS New Zealand Coast of Scotland |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Sir John Frederick Ernest Green KCMG CB (8 August 1866 – 30 October 1948) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.
Green joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1882,[2] was promoted to Lieutenant in 1890[3] and went on to command the gunboat HMS Pigmy during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 for which role he was mentioned in despatches and promoted to Commander 1 January 1901.[4][5] He was appointed in command of the destroyer HMS Mermaid on 13 June 1901, and used this as flagship when he was in charge of the Medway Instructional Flotilla.[6] In May 1902 he transferred with all officers and men to the destroyer HMS Racehorse, which was commissioned for the instructional flotilla.[7][8]
He served in World War I taking part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916 as Captain of the Battlecruiser HMS New Zealand (flagship to the Rear-Admiral Commanding the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron).[9] He continued his war service as Senior Naval Officer on the River Clyde from October 1917.[10] After the War he became Rear Admiral in the White Sea[11] and then Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland from 1922 before retiring in 1925.[12]
Family
In 1901 he married Maud Kathleen McInnoy.[2]
References
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- The Dreadnought Project: John Green
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| Preceded by | Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland 1922–1923 |
Succeeded by Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Dreadnought Project
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26007. p. 7553. 31 December 1889. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27263. p. 82. 4 January 1901.
- ↑ Private Enterprise Naval Review, February 1949
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 14 June 1901. (36481), p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Wednesday, 7 May 1902. (36761), p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Thursday, 15 May 1902. (36768), p. 7.
- ↑ Royal Navy Honours and Gallantry Awards
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (June, 1918). p. 4.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 7.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33010. p. 219. 9 January 1925. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
