henry, bousfield, royal, navy, officer, rear, admiral, henry, hugh, bousfield, november, 1889, november, 1947, royal, navy, became, commander, chief, dover, henry, bousfieldborn30, november, 1889hoole, cheshiredied6, november, 1947, 1947, aged, allegianceunite. Rear admiral Henry Hugh Bousfield 30 November 1889 6 November 1947 was a Royal Navy who became Commander in Chief Dover Henry BousfieldBorn30 November 1889Hoole CheshireDied6 November 1947 1947 11 07 aged 57 AllegianceUnited KingdomService wbr branchRoyal NavyYears of service1906 1946RankRear admiralCommands heldHMS ManchesterDover CommandBattles warsWorld War IWorld War IINaval career editBousfield joined the Royal Navy in January 1906 1 He served in the cruiser HMS Skirmisher and then in the battleship HMS King George V during World War I 1 Promoted to captain in June 1931 he became Senior Naval Officer Yangtze in September 1931 captain of the Royal Naval College Greenwich in August 1935 2 and commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Manchester in January 1938 he saw active service in command of the ship during World War II 3 He retired in July 1941 but was recalled as Commander in Chief Dover in July 1945 before reverting to retirement in June 1946 4 References edit a b Rear Admiral H H Bousfield Retrieved 25 November 2016 Senior Royal Navy appointments PDF Retrieved 25 November 2016 Henry Hugh Bousfield RN U Boat net Retrieved 25 November 2016 Dover Command Unit histories Retrieved 25 November 2016 Military officesPreceded byHenry Pridham Wippell Commander in Chief Dover1945 1946 Succeeded byPost disbanded nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to the Royal Navy is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henry Bousfield Royal Navy officer amp oldid 1103985075, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
