Gerald Charles Dickens
| Sir Gerald Charles Dickens | |
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Admiral Sir Gerald Charles Dickens
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| Born |
13 October 1879 Kensington, London, England |
| Died | 19 November 1962 (aged 83) London, England |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Rank | Admiral |
| Battles/wars | World War I and World War II |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George |
Admiral Sir Gerald Louis Charles Dickens KCVO CB CMG (13 October 1879 – 19 November 1962) was a senior Royal Navy officer and the grandson of Victorian novelist Charles Dickens.
Born in Kensington, London, the son of Sir Henry Fielding Dickens, Dickens joined the naval college HMS Britannia at Dartmouth in Devon in 1894 as a Naval Cadet, following preparatory education at Stubbington House School. Dickens served on HMS Blake with the Channel Fleet, 1896–1897, and HMS Eclipse in the East Indies Station, 1897-1899. He was promoted Sub-Lieutenant in 1899, and in that year he served aboard HMS Cleopatra before transferring to the Royal Naval College, Greenwich where he was based from 1899 to 1900. He went on to serve on HMS Griffon and HMS Desperate with the Mediterranean Fleet from 1900 to 1901.
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