David Norris (Royal Navy officer)
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Admiral David Thomas Norris CB CMG (27 October 1875 – 19 July 1937) was a British Royal Navy officer.
Early life and career
Norris was the son of Mr Justice Norris, a judge of the
Naval Cadet at the age of 13, being promoted midshipman
two years later.
Promoted
HMS Dominion, followed by HMS Superb, both in the Home Fleet
.
First World War and Russian Civil War
Norris was promoted
Admiralty in London, where he was in charge of naval airships, and in 1918 he was appointed Commodore 2nd Class and Senior Naval Officer of the Persian Gulf division of the East Indies Station, assuming command on 29 March 1918.[3]
In September 1918, he reached
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1920 New Year Honours.[7]
Post-war
From 1920 to 1921 he was head of the British Naval Mission to
Footnotes
- ^ "No. 26795". The London Gazette. 17 November 1896. p. 6272.
- ^ "No. 28096". The London Gazette. 3 January 1908. p. 34.
- ^ "Flag Officers in Commission" in Supplement to the Monthly Navy List Corrected to April 1918 (April 1918), p. 8.
- ^ Letter from Brigadier-General Sir Percy Sykes, The Times, 22 July 1937.
- ^ Who Was Who
- ^ "No. 31236". The London Gazette. 14 March 1919. p. 3589.
- ^ "No. 31712". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1919. p. 5.
- ^ "No. 32988". The London Gazette. 4 November 1924. p. 7970.
- ^ "No. 33541". The London Gazette. 8 October 1929. p. 6408.
- ^ "No. 33986". The London Gazette. 13 October 1933. p. 6610.
References
- Obituary, The Times, 21 July 1937
- David Norris: Caspian Naval expedition, 1918-1919, in: Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society, Vol. 10, Issue 3, 1923, pp. 216–240.