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Henry Blagrove
Born(1887-04-26)26 April 1887
Harbledown, Kent, UK
Died14 October 1939(1939-10-14) (aged 52)
Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands
AllegianceHenry Blagrove United Kingdom
BranchHenry Blagrove Royal Navy
Service years1901–1939
RankRear-admiral
Commands held
  • HMS Curacoa
  • HMS Norfolk
  • HMS Sussex
  • 2nd Battle Squadron
Battles/warsFirst World War
  • Battle of Dogger Bank
  • Battle of Jutland

Second World War

  • Sinking of HMS Royal Oak  

Rear-Admiral Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove (26 April 1887 – 14 October 1939) was the first British Royal Navy officer of flag rank to be killed in the Second World War. An experienced staff officer and veteran of several actions of the First World War aboard the battlecruiser HMS Tiger, Blagrove had only just received his appointment as commander of the 2nd Battleship Squadron of the Home Fleet when he was killed in the destruction of his flagship HMS Royal Oak by German submarine U-47.

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