Rear Admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regarde ...

Robin Campsie Dalglish, Companion of the CB (3 December 1880 – 17 December 1934) was a senior officer in the

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. He represented

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at the

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...

and

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. He was the first Australian-born admiral in the Royal Navy.

Naval career

Born on 3 December 1880 in

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, Australia. His family returned to England in 1888. He joined the Royal Navy in 1895 as a cadet, was confirmed as

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on 15 July 1900, and in 1901 was at the

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. On 5 August 1902 he was appointed to the

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HMS ''Success'', serving in the Portsmouth instructional flotilla, and on 1 October 1902 he was promoted to

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. He was appointed to HMS ''Bacchante'' in November 1902, as she commissioned to serve in the

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, as part of the Mediterranean Squadron until 1904. In 1905 he served in HMS ''Leviathan'', also of the 3rd Cruiser Squadron. Promoted to

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, he served in HMS ''King George V'' in 1913 and at the outbreak of

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. He served in HMS ''Canada'' from 1915 to 1918 and participated in the

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. He was the

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in charge of Harwich Docks and commanded Shotley Training Establishment in 1923. He was promoted to rear admiral on 4 April 1931 and appointed Rear Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron from 7 April 1932 until 19 April 1934. On 2 January 1933 he was appointed a Companion of the

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. Dalglish died of illness on 17 December 1934.

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