(1863-09-06)6 September 1863 Wiggonholt, West Sussex
Died
9 June 1947(1947-06-09) (aged 83)
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Years of service
1877–1909 1914–1919
Rank
Admiral
Commands held
HM TB.33 HM TB.52 HMS Vesuvius HM TB.81 HM TB.95 HMS Hazard Inspecting Captain of Submarines HMS Irresistible HMS Dreadnought Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes Dover Patrol
Battles/wars
Benin Expedition of 1897 First World War
Awards
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Distinguished Service Order
Vice Admiral Sir Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon, KCB, KCVO, DSO (6 September 1863 – 9 June 1947)[1] was an officer in the Royal Navy noted for his technical abilities. According to Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, twice First Sea Lord, he was at one time "acknowledged as the cleverest officer in the Navy".[2]
Vice Admiral Sir Reginald Hugh Spencer Bacon, KCB, KCVO, DSO (6 September 1863 – 9 June 1947) was an officer in the Royal Navy noted for his technical...
the Air, co-written by Major General J. F. C. Fuller and Admiral Sir ReginaldBacon. read online Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air...
so unreliable. A contemporary description of the engines by Admiral ReginaldBacon, commander of the Dover Patrol from April 1915, shows how fault-prone...
19 December. A week after his appointment, Haig met Vice-Admiral Sir ReginaldBacon, who emphasised the importance of obtaining control of the Belgian coast...
4, Campaign for the Return of the Benin Bronzes, 1997. Retrieved 9 October 2006. An account of an engagement during the conflict by ReginaldBacon RN...
unique operation was successful. The ship was renamed Zubian by Admiral ReginaldBacon, the commander of the Dover Patrol. The hybrid destroyer was commissioned...
Sir ReginaldBacon, commander of the Dover Patrol and the Admiralty in late 1915 but was also rejected as too risky. In 1916, Commodore Reginald Tyrwhitt...
Clement Attlee Francis Williams (1945–1947) Philip Jordan (1947–1951) ReginaldBacon (1951) Winston Churchill Fife Clark (1952–1955) Anthony Eden William...
and the navy recruited six officers for the Submarine Service, under ReginaldBacon as Inspecting Captain of Submarines. At the beginning of World War I...
naval aviation. In 1909 this body accepted the proposal of Captain ReginaldBacon made to the First Sea Lord Sir John Fisher that rigid airships should...
Together they made up the "First Submarine Flotilla", commanded by Captain ReginaldBacon. Holland 1 suffered an explosion 3 March 1903 that caused four injuries...
Holland-class submarines that were undergoing a demonstration for Captain ReginaldBacon in Stokes Bay when a petrol explosion occurred aboard Holland 1. Along...
de Chair Naval Secretary August–October 1914 Succeeded by Henry Oliver New command Commander-in-Chief, Dover 1914–1915 Succeeded by Sir ReginaldBacon...
Minister Francis Williams 1945–1947 Clement Attlee Philip Jordan 1947–1951 ReginaldBacon 1951 Fife Clark 1952–1955 Winston Churchill William D. Clark 1955–1956...
reformer Sir Claude Auchinleck (1884–1981), Second World War commander ReginaldBacon (1863–1947), admiral, pioneer of submarines and torpedoes for the Royal...
Roger Bacon OFM (/ˈbeɪkən/; Latin: Rogerus or Rogerius Baconus, Baconis, also Frater Rogerus; c. 1219/20 – c. 1292), also known by the scholastic accolade...
the fighting nucleus of the Dover Patrol commanded by Rear-Admiral ReginaldBacon. From June 1915 it consisted of 11 Tribal-class destroyers, 13 other...
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