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The Graveyards of Gallipoli; A Digger History Associate Site |
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A Tribute to the Men of all the Nations that took part in the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 |
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Vice-Admiral (Admiral of the Fleet) Sir John Michael de Robeck, Bt 1862-1928 |
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John de Robeck
was born in 1862 at Gowran Grange, Naas, County Kildare, Ireland.
He was the second son of the 4th Baron de Robeck. In 1875 he entered HMS Britannia as a naval cadet and in 1876 served in China and later off Newfoundland. In 1900 he commanded HMS Pyramus. In 1904 he was censured over HMS Leander refit and put on half-pay. In 1907 he commanded HMS Carnarvon and was Inspecting Captain of training ships. De Robeck became Admiral of Patrols in 1912. In 1914 he commanded the Ninth Cruiser Squadron. |
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Robeck was Second in Command to Admiral Carden at the Dardanelles and in
March that year he succeeded Admiral Carden. In 1916 he commanded the
Second Battle Squadron, of the Grand Fleet.
In 1919 de Robeck was Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, and High Commissioner, at Constantinople then in 1922 he became Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic. In 1922 he also married Hilda M. Lockhart, the widow of Colonel Sir S. M. Lockhart. In 1924 de Robeck resigned and the following year was made Admiral of the Fleet. De Robeck died in London in 1928. |
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