Rhoderick McGrigor
| Sir Rhoderick Robert McGrigor | |
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Vice Admiral McGrigor on the deck of his flagship HMS Norfolk, June 1945
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| Born |
12 April 1893 York, England |
| Died | 3 December 1959 (aged 66) Tarland, Scotland |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1910–1955 |
| Rank | Admiral of the Fleet |
| Commands held |
First Sea Lord Plymouth Command Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet 1st Cruiser Squadron Home Fleet aircraft carriers Flag Officer, Taranto and Adriatic Flag Officer, Sicily Force B at Pantellaria and Sicily 4th Destroyer Flotilla HMS Versatile |
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| Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav |
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Rhoderick Robert McGrigor GCB (12 April 1893 – 3 December 1959) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He fought in the First World War and saw action during the Gallipoli Campaign and then the Battle of Jutland. He also served in the Second World War, taking part in the sinking of the Bismarck in May 1941, carrying out the office of Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Weapons) and commanding the 1st Cruiser Squadron during operations off the Norwegian coast and convoys to North Russia. He served as First Sea Lord in the early 1950s and is most remembered as a leading proponent of carrier-based air power.
Born the son of Major General Charles Rhoderic Robert McGrigor CB, CMG, late of the King's Royal Rifle Corps and Ada Rosamond McGrigor (née Bower), McGrigor spent his childhood in South Africa before returning to England in early 1906 for his education at the Royal Naval College, Osborne and then the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. Promoted to midshipman on 15 September 1910, McGrigor was posted to the battleship HMS Formidable in the Atlantic Fleet in April 1911. He transferred to the battleship HMS Africa in the Home Fleet in May 1912 and, having been promoted to sub-lieutenant on 15 January 1913, moved to the battleship HMS Agamemnon in the Home Fleet in October 1913 and then on to the destroyer HMS Foxhound in the Mediterranean Fleet in March 1914.
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