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Henry Oliver

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Royal Navy admiral of the fleet (1865-1965)

Lived 1865 to 1965 · aged 100
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Francis Oliver, was a Royal Navy officer. After serving in the Second Boer War as a navigating officer in a cruiser on the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station, he became the first commanding officer of the new navigation school HMS Mercury in the early years of the 20th...

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The cruiser HMS Niobe in which Oliver served during the Second Boer WarThe cruiser HMS Niobe in which Oliver served during the Second Boer WarThe battlecruiser Repulse, Oliver's flagship as commander of the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron in the last year of the First World WarThe battlecruiser Repulse, Oliver's flagship as commander of the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron in the last year of the First World War

Awards 3

Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Connected to Henry 6

Giuseppe PittauAlso won Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd classHenry Waters TaftAlso won Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd classGiorgio StaraceAlso won Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd classGeorge Trumbull LaddAlso won Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd classHenryk Leon StrasburgerAlso won Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd classEitarō HataAlso won Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class

About this person

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Francis Oliver, was a Royal Navy officer. After serving in the Second Boer War as a navigating officer in a cruiser on the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station, he became the first commanding officer of the new navigation school HMS Mercury in the early years of the 20th century. He went to be commanding officer first of the armoured cruiser HMS Achilles and then of the new battleship HMS Thunderer before becoming Director of the Intelligence Division at the Admiralty.

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Lived 1865 to 1965 · aged 100
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