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    Vice Admiral Sir Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon, KCB, KCVO, DSO (6 September 1863 – 9 June 1947) was an officer in the Royal Navy noted for his technical...
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    the Air, co-written by Major General J. F. C. Fuller and Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon. read online Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air...
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    unique operation was successful. The ship was renamed Zubian by Admiral Reginald Bacon, the commander of the Dover Patrol. The hybrid destroyer was commissioned...
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    cruise, her engines and guns were given a thorough workout by Captain Reginald Bacon, Fisher's former Naval Assistant and a member of the Committee on Designs...
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    1918. Prior to Keyes, the Dover Patrol had been commanded by Admiral Reginald Bacon and had succeeded in sinking two German U-boats in the English Channel...
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    19 December. A week after his appointment, Haig met Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon, who emphasised the importance of obtaining control of the Belgian coast...
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    showed the ship could not handle the stress of firing. Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon, commander of the Dover Patrol, conceived a plan to mount two guns inside...
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    Reginald Bacon, to portray him as the conqueror of the U-boats is, in John Grigg's view, absurd, as the main decisions were taken by other men. Bacon...
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    so unreliable. A contemporary description of the engines by Admiral Reginald Bacon, commander of the Dover Patrol from April 1915, shows how fault-prone...
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    Sir Reginald Bacon, commander of the Dover Patrol and the Admiralty in late 1915 but was also rejected as too risky. In 1916, Commodore Reginald Tyrwhitt...
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    Clement Attlee Francis Williams (1945–1947) Philip Jordan (1947–1951) Reginald Bacon (1951) Winston Churchill Fife Clark (1952–1955) Anthony Eden William...
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    de Chair Naval Secretary August–October 1914 Succeeded by Henry Oliver New command Commander-in-Chief, Dover 1914–1915 Succeeded by Sir Reginald Bacon...
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    superstructure. The Director of Naval Ordnance (DNO), Rear-Admiral Reginald Bacon, argued that the spotting top in the foremast should be retained. Jellicoe...
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    naval aviation. In 1909 this body accepted the proposal of Captain Reginald Bacon made to the First Sea Lord Sir John Fisher that rigid airships should...
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    and the navy recruited six officers for the Submarine Service, under Reginald Bacon as Inspecting Captain of Submarines. At the beginning of World War I...
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  • 4, Campaign for the Return of the Benin Bronzes, 1997. Retrieved 9 October 2006. An account of an engagement during the conflict by Reginald Bacon RN...
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    and sunk during the Battle of Imbros 20 January 1918 Bacon 1919, vol 1, p. 67. Bacon, Reginald (1919). The Dover Patrol 1915-1917. (2 vols.). New York:...
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    numbers of servicemen disputing the published version, including Admiral Reginald Bacon, who wrote his own book about the battle, criticising the version sponsored...
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    part of the "Royal Naval Siege Guns" under the command of Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon, and were used for attacking German heavy gun batteries. List of naval...
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    reformer Sir Claude Auchinleck (1884–1981), Second World War commander Reginald Bacon (1863–1947), admiral, pioneer of submarines and torpedoes for the Royal...
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    between Sir Douglas Haig the new BEF commander-in-chief and Rear Admiral Reginald Bacon, commander of the Dover Patrol. Haig appointed Lieutenant-General Aylmer...
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    Roger Bacon OFM (/ˈbeɪkən/; Latin: Rogerus or Rogerius Baconus, Baconis, also Frater Rogerus; c. 1219/20 – c. 1292), also known by the scholastic accolade...
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    Minister Francis Williams 1945–1947 Clement Attlee Philip Jordan 1947–1951 Reginald Bacon 1951 Fife Clark 1952–1955 Winston Churchill William D. Clark 1955–1956...
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    in the project. Negotiations continued, and Torres reached Admiral Reginald Bacon, who, on 17 March 1914, wrote from the Coventry Ordnance Works that...
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    Together they made up the "First Submarine Flotilla", commanded by Captain Reginald Bacon. Holland 1 suffered an explosion 3 March 1903 that caused four injuries...
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  • the fighting nucleus of the Dover Patrol commanded by Rear-Admiral Reginald Bacon. From June 1915 it consisted of 11 Tribal-class destroyers, 13 other...
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    the School of London led by Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach. In 1960, he painted a portrait of Bacon which is in the collection of the National...
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    at Sea, and in the Air - joint editors: J.F.C. Fuller, Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon, and Air Marshal Sir Patrick Playfair (London: Odham's Press Ltd., 1944)...
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  • Submarines to oversee development work, and Captain Reginald Bacon was appointed in May 1901. Bacon was a technically minded officer experienced with the...
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    the evening of 11 May with Terror acting as flagship for Vice-Admiral Reginald Bacon. The flotilla anchored off Zeebrugge and began their bombardment at...
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