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    Admiral Sir Victor Alexander Charles Crutchley VC, KCB, DSC, DL (2 November 1893 – 24 January 1986) was a British naval officer. He was a First World War...
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  • English cricketer Ron Crutchley (1922–1987), English footballer Rosalie Crutchley (1920–1997), English actress Sir Victor Crutchley (1893–1986), Royal Navy...
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    consisted of eight cruisers and fifteen destroyers under Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley, but only five cruisers and seven destroyers were involved in the battle...
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    the refit, Warspite was recommissioned under the command of Captain Victor Crutchley. The intention was for her to become the flagship of Admiral Dudley...
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    btty.: 1 × 3-inch, 2 × 13mm Torpedo tubes: 4 × 24-inch Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley (RN) in heavy cruiser Australia Southern Force Captain Howard D. Bode...
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    Major General Alexander Vandegrift and Screening Group, Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley, Royal Navy. He successfully fought the five-month campaign to victory...
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    Succeeded by Rear Admiral Harold Farncomb Preceded by Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley Rear Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron June – October 1944...
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    commander of the naval forces, Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley, split his forces around Savo Island: Crutchley aboard HMAS Australia led Canberra, USS Chicago...
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    cruisers and destroyers, under the command of British Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley, were surprised and defeated by a Japanese force of seven cruisers...
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    designated as Alamo Force. Naval support was provided by Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley's Task Force 74, which served as the covering force, while Rear Admiral...
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  • October 26 – Oliver P. Smith, American general (d. 1977) November 2 – Victor Crutchley, British admiral (d. 1986) November 5 – Raymond Loewy, French-born...
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    Australian Navy). From 13 June 1942 the task force was commanded by Victor Crutchley, an Australian Rear Admiral of the Royal Navy (UK). The force saw action...
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    (RAN) cruisers and destroyers from Task Force 74, under Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley of the Royal Navy. Maintaining a speed of 12 knots, the convoy proceeded...
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    Military offices Preceded by Commodore Wilfrid Patterson Rear Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron 1939–1942 Succeeded by Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley...
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  • former captain of HMS Brilliant, and Brilliant's first lieutenant Victor Crutchley. These officers approached Commodore Hubert Lynes and Admiral Roger...
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    command included the cruisers of Task Force 74 under Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley, Task Force 75 under Russell S. Berkey, and Task Force 76, the VII...
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    operations. He received the award on July 5, 1946. In 1946, Commodore Alfred Victor Knight of the Royal Australian Navy was awarded the commendation for honorary...
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  • Gerald Edward Victor Crutchley (19 November 1890 – 17 August 1969) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex County Cricket Club and...
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    2Private London Scottish Regiment First World War 1918-05-011 May 1918 Victor Crutchley OF-2.3Lieutenant HMS Vindictive First World War 1918-05-099 May 1918...
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    Carpenter HMS Vindictive 1918 First World War Zeebrugge Raid, Belgium Victor Crutchley HMS Vindictive 1918 First World War Ostend, Belgium Arthur Harrison...
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    threat to Port Moresby. On 13 June, Crace was replaced by Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley as commander of Task Force 44 and the flag officer embarked aboard...
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    Australian Navy warships under the command of British Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley. While CruDiv6 was returning to Kavieng on 10 August, the heavy cruiser...
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  • Admiral Sir Victor Alfred Trumper Smith, AC, KBE, CB, DSC (9 May 1913 – 10 July 1998) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy. Smith's career...
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    naval bombardment forces. Task Force 74, under British Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley, consisted of the cruisers HMAS Australia and Shropshire plus several...
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    Percy Edward Crutchley (24 July 1855 – 16 October 1940) was an English amateur cricketer. Crutchley was the son of General Charles Crutchley. He was educated...
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  • 47, American Major League baseball player, Hodgkin lymphoma. Sir Victor Crutchley, 92, British naval admiral. Emerson LeRoy Cummings, 83, American general...
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    Cruickshank London Scottish Regiment 1918-05-011 May 1918 Jordan, Palestine Victor Crutchley HMS Vindictive 1918-05-099 May 1918 Ostend, Belgium John Cunningham...
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  • Ford Richard Lane-Poole Wilfred Custance Wilfrid Patterson John Crace Victor Crutchley John Collins Charles Nichols Harold Farncomb John Collins Harold Farncomb...
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    June, Crace was succeeded by another Royal Navy officer, Rear Admiral Victor Crutchley. The former Anzac Area was divided so that the Australian coastal waters...
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    Sir Walter Thomas Couchman KCB CVO DSO OBE Victor Crutchley (1893–1986), later Admiral Sir Victor Crutchley VC, KCB, DSC Henry Carlton Cumberbatch (1900–1966)...
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