George Hope (Royal Navy officer)
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Admiral Sir George Price Webley Hope KCB
KCMG
(11 October 1869 – 11 July 1959) was a Royal Navy
officer who went on to become Deputy First Sea Lord during World War I
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to the King
in 1915, Director of the Operations Division at the Admiralty
in 1916 and Deputy First Sea Lord in 1918. He was present at the signing of the Armistice with Germany on 11 November 1918. After the War he became Commander of the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron and then, from 1923, President of the Royal Naval College
at Greenwich
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Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
KCMG
Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....
(11 October 1869 – 11 July 1959) was a Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
officer who went on to become Deputy First Sea Lord during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
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Naval career
Promoted to Captain in 1905, Hope served in the First World War. He was appointed Flag Captain to the Commander-in-Chief of the East Mediterranean Squadron as well as Aide-de-CampAide-de-camp
An aide-de-camp is a personal assistant, secretary, or adjutant to a person of high rank, usually a senior military officer or a head of state...
to the King
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
in 1915, Director of the Operations Division at the Admiralty
Admiralty
The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the Kingdom of England, and later in the United Kingdom, responsible for the command of the Royal Navy...
in 1916 and Deputy First Sea Lord in 1918. He was present at the signing of the Armistice with Germany on 11 November 1918. After the War he became Commander of the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron and then, from 1923, President of the Royal Naval College
Old Royal Naval College
The Old Royal Naval College is the architectural centrepiece of Maritime Greenwich, a World Heritage Site in Greenwich, London, described by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation as being of “outstanding universal value” and reckoned to be the “finest and most...
at Greenwich
Greenwich
Greenwich is a district of south London, England, located in the London Borough of Greenwich.Greenwich is best known for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time...
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