Admiral Bernard Currey (11 May 1862 – 6 June 1936) was a

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officer who commanded the

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Naval career

Currey was the son of Charles E. Currey, of Malling Deanery, Lewes. He joined the

in 1876. He was promoted to

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on 11 November 1882, and commander on 30 June 1895. In early 1901 he was posted to HMS ''Royal Arthur'', flagship of the

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, and transferred to HMS ''Blake'' for voyage home, before promotion to captain on 30 June 1901. He became commanding officer of the protected cruiser HMS ''Scylla'' in 1904, commanding officer of the protected cruiser HMS ''Terpsichore'' later that year and commanding officer of the armoured cruiser HMS ''Good Hope'' at the end of the year.National Archives. ADM 196/42. He went on to be commanding officer of the cruiser HMS ''Black Prince'' in 1906, commanding officer of the battleship HMS ''Agamemnon'' in 1908 and commanding officer of the battleship HMS ''Exmouth'' in 1910. Currey became Rear Admiral, Home Fleet and President of Submarine Committee in 1913. He served

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as Commander of the

in the Channel Fleet from 1914 and then became Senior Naval Officer in charge of

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in 1915 before retiring in 1919.

Family

Currey married at Christ church,

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, on 29 November 1902, Maud de Vahl, daughter of Arthur D. S. de Vahl, of

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