Roger Backhouse

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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Second World War
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Naval career

Backhouse was fourth son of Sir Jonathan Backhouse, 1st Baronet and Florence Backhouse (née Salusbury-Trelawny); his elder brother, Admiral Oliver Backhouse, also achieved flag rank in the Royal Navy.[1] Backhouse joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in the training ship HMS Britannia in 1892 and went to sea as a midshipman in the battleship HMS Repulse in the Channel Squadron in 1894.[2]

The light cruiser HMS Conquest, which Backhouse commanded during the First World War

Backhouse transferred to the corvette HMS Comus on the Pacific Station in October 1895 and, having been promoted to sub-lieutenant on 15 March 1898[3] and to lieutenant on 15 March 1899,[3] he joined the battleship HMS Victorious in the Mediterranean Fleet in November 1899.[2] After attending the gunnery school HMS Excellent, he was posted as gunnery officer to the battleship HMS Russell in the Mediterranean Fleet in February 1903 and then to the battleship HMS Queen in Mediterranean Fleet in April 1904, before returning to HMS Excellent to join the directing staff in July 1905.[2] He became gunnery officer in the battleship HMS Dreadnought in the Channel Fleet in August 1907 and, having been promoted to commander on 31 December 1909,[4] he rejoined the directing staff at HMS Excellent in February 1910.[2] He became Flag Commander to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, first in HMS Neptune from March 1911 and then in HMS Iron Duke from March 1914.[2]

Backhouse served in the

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George on 4 June 1917.[6]

The battleship HMS Nelson, Backhouse's flagship as Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet

Backhouse became Director of Naval Ordnance at the

Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order on 20 May 1937.[13]

Advanced to

Second World War.[9]

Family

In 1907 Backhouse married Dora Louise Findlay, daughter of John Ritchie Findlay proprietor of the British newspaper, The Scotsman; they had two sons and four daughters.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Admiral O. Backhouse". The Times. 27 March 1943. p. 6.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Heathcote, p. 20
  3. ^ a b "No. 27080". The London Gazette. 16 May 1899. p. 3103.
  4. ^ "No. 28325". The London Gazette. 1 January 1910. p. 29.
  5. ^ "No. 28902". The London Gazette. 15 September 1914. p. 7293.
  6. ^ "No. 30111". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1917. p. 5458.
  7. ^ "No. 33025". The London Gazette. 27 February 1925. p. 1426.
  8. ^ "No. 33542". The London Gazette. 11 October 1929. p. 6476.
  9. ^ a b c d e Heathcote, p. 21
  10. ^ "No. 33898". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1932. p. 3.
  11. ^ "No. 34023". The London Gazette. 13 February 1934. p. 1001.
  12. OCLC 562476296
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  13. ^ "No. 34420". The London Gazette. 23 July 1937. p. 4733.
  14. ^ "No. 34469". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1937. p. 3.
  15. ^ "No. 34527". The London Gazette. 1 July 1938. p. 4242.

Sources

  • Heathcote, Tony (2002). The British Admirals of the Fleet 1734 – 1995. Pen & Sword Ltd.
    ISBN 0-85052-835-6
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Further reading

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Military offices
Preceded by
Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy

1928–1932 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet
1935–1938
Preceded by
First Sea Lord

1938–1939 		Succeeded by
Honorary titles
Preceded by First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp
1938–1939 		Succeeded by
Hon. Sir Reginald Drax
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