Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt

Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, Bt
Portrait of Tyrwhitt, by Francis Dodd
Born	(1870-05-10)10 May 1870 Oxford, Oxfordshire
Died	30 May 1951(1951-05-30) (aged 81) Sandhurst, Kent
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1883–1945
Rank	Admiral of the Fleet
Commands held	HMS Hart (1896) HMS Waveney (1904) HMS Attentive (1906) HMS Skirmisher (1907) 4th Destroyer Flotilla (1909) HMS Bacchante (1910–1911) HMS Good Hope (1912) 2nd Destroyer Flotilla (1912) Destroyer Flotillas of the First Fleet (1913) Harwich Force (1914-1918) Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar (1919) 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron (1920–1922) Coast of Scotland (1923–1925) China Station (November 1926 – February 1929) Nore Command (May 1930 – May 1933)
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, 1st Baronet GCB, DSO (/ˈtɪrᵻt/; 10 May 1870 – 30 May 1951) 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 sunk 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 when British seaplanes destroyed German Zeppelin airships and at the Battle of Dogger Bank in January 1915, in which action Tyrwhitt again supported Beatty's powerful battlecruiser squadron.

After the War Tyrwhitt went on to be Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar, commander of the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean Fleet and then Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland. He also served as Commander-in-Chief, China during a period of disturbances and tension with the Nationalist Government. His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.