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Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, 1st Baronet

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Royal Navy admiral of the fleet (1870-1951)

Lived 1870 to 1951 · aged 81
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, 1st Baronet, was a Royal Navy officer. During the First World War he served as commander of the Harwich Force.

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The cruiser HMS Arethusa, Tyrwhitt's flagship during the Battle of Heligoland BightThe cruiser HMS Arethusa, Tyrwhitt's flagship during the Battle of Heligoland BightReginald Tyrwhitt, 1918, by Glyn PhilpotReginald Tyrwhitt, 1918, by Glyn PhilpotThe cruiser, HMS Hawkins, Tyrwhitt's flagship as Commander-in-Chief, ChinaThe cruiser, HMS Hawkins, Tyrwhitt's flagship as Commander-in-Chief, China

Awards 3

Distinguished Service Order
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Military Order of Savoy

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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, 1st Baronet, was a Royal Navy officer. During the First World War he served as commander of the Harwich Force. He led a supporting naval force of 31 destroyers and two cruisers at the Battle of Heligoland Bight in August 1914, in which action the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron under Sir David Beatty sank three German cruisers and one German destroyer with minimal loss of allied warships. Tyrwhitt also led the British naval forces during the Cuxhaven Raid in December 1914, and at the Battle of Dogger Bank in January 1915, in which action Tyrwhitt again supported Beatty's powerful battlecruiser squadron.

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Lived 1870 to 1951 · aged 81
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