Admiral Sir George Knightley Chetwode, KCB, CBE (10 December 1877 – 11 March 1957) was a

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officer who became

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Naval career

Born the son of Sir George Chetwode, 6th Baronet,Peerage.com
/ref> Chetwode joined the

and was appointed a

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in December 1899. He was appointed temporary to the

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HMS ''Esk'', in lieu of a sub-lieutenant, on 31 December 1899. The following year he served on the

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during the

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in 1900. He served in

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taking part in the

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in 1916 and commanding destroyers for the rest of the War.Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
/ref> He was appointed Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence in 1923 and then given command of the battleship followed by the battleship HMS ''Warspite''. He was made

in 1929 and Commander of the 1st Cruiser Squadron in the

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in 1932. His last appointment was as Admiral commanding the reserves in 1933 before he retired in 1936.Admiral Chetwode retires
The Straits Times, 20 August 1936

Family

In 1908 he married Alice Clara Vaughan-Lee; they had two sons. In 1939 he married Elizabeth Jane Taylor.

References

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