Henry Harwood

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Sir Henry Harwood Harwood (1888-01-19 (London) - 1950-06-09 (Goring-on-Thames)), British naval officer who won fame in the Battle of the River Plate.

1 Family
2 Career
3 Ranks
4 Decorations

[edit] Family

Son of late Surtees Harwood Harwood, Ashmans Hall, Suffolk. Married (1924) to Joan, daughter of late Selway Chard, Magnolia House, West Tarring, Sussex. Two sons.

[edit] Career

1903			entered the Royal Navy and specialized in torpedoes
(1919)			Royal Sovereign, 1st Battle Squadron
1929			Commanding Officer, Warwick & Senior Officer, 9th Destroyer Division
1931-01-14	-	1932	Imperial Defence Course
1932-03-28	-	1934	Flag Captain, London (cruiser) & Chief Staff Officer to Rear-Admiral Commanding 1st Cruiser Squadron
1934-07-28	-	1936	staff, Royal Naval War College, Greenwich (HMS President)
1936-09-17	-	1939-08-25	Commodore Commanding South American Division of the America and West Indies Station & Commanding Officer, Exeter (cruiser)
1939-08-25	-	1940	Commodore / Rear-Admiral Commanding South American Division of the America and West Indies Station (December 1939 commanded action against the Admiral Graf Spee)
1940-12-02	-	1942	a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign) (HMS President)
1942-04-22	-	February 1943	Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station (HMS Nile), renamed:
1943	-	1943	Commander-in-Chief, Levant
1943	-	1943	engaged in flank support & seaborne supply of Eighth Army
1944-04-15	-	1945	Flag Officer Commanding Orkneys and Shetlands (HMS Prosperine)
1945-08-15			retired (medically unfit)

[edit] Ranks

Midshipman	1904
Acting Sub-Lieutenant	1907-07-30
Sub-Lieutenant	1908-04-09, seniority 1907-07-30
Lieutenant	1908-07-30
Lieutenant-Commander	1916-07-30
Commander	1921-06-30
Captain	1928-12-31
Commodore 2nd class	1936-09-17?
Commodore 1st class	1939-08-25?
Rear-Admiral	1939-12-13
Acting Admiral	1942-04-22?
Vice-Admiral	1942-02-06
Admiral (retired)	1945

In the 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate, Harwood was played by Anthony Quayle.

[edit] Decorations

KCB	1939-12-23	action with the Admiral Graf Spee 1939-12-13
OBE	1919-07-17	?
MID	1941-01-01	New Year 1941
GREEK WAR CROSS	1943-04-17	services to the Greek Navy
Gold Medal of Concepcion (Chile)	1939?	Concepcion earthquake 1939-01-24
Grand Offier, Order of Merit (Chile)	1940-09-06	Concepcion earthquake 1939-01-24

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