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Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO, PC (17 January 1871 – 12 March 1936) was a Royal Navy officer. After serving in the Mahdist War and then the response to the Boxer Rebellion, he commanded the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, a tactically indecisive engagement after which his aggressive approach was contrasted with the ...
David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty was a British admiral of the fleet, who commanded Britain’s battle cruisers in the Battle of Jutland (1916). Beatty was the son of Captain David Longfield Beatty. He began training as a naval cadet in 1884. From 1896 to 1898 he served in Egypt and the Sudan and then in.
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David Richard Beatty was born on January 17, 1871, in Howbeck Lodge, Stapeley, near Nantwich, Cheshire, England. He was the son of Captain David Longfield Beatty. The younger Beatty began training as a naval cadet in 1884. From 1896 to 1898 he served in Egypt and the Sudan and then in 1900 in China during the Boxer Rebellion.
Beatty, Sir David, later 1st Earl Beatty (1871–1936). Admiral. In 1914 Beatty was one of the youngest admirals in the Royal Navy, and, as commander of the battle-cruiser squadron of the Grand Fleet, held one of the navy's most prestigious appointments. He led the battle-cruisers at the Dogger Bank and Jutland, where he lost three of his ships.
Beatty was born David Richard Beatty on 17 January, 1871 at Howbeck Villa, Stapeley, in the Registration District of Nantwich, in the County of Chester. His birth was registered on 17 February. [1] He was the second of four sons of Captain David Longfield Beatty (1841–1904), of the Fourth Hussars, and his first wife, Catherine Edith (d. 1896 ...
Oct 17, 2019 · Beatty, David (1st Earl Beatty) British admiral (commander of the Grand Fleet’s battlecruiser forces from the outset of World War I until his appointment as commander of the Grand Fleet in November 1916) Born 17 January 1871 in Stapeley, Cheshire, Great Britain. Died 11 March 1936 in London, Great Britain. David Beatty was a British admiral.
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David Beatty. Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO, PC, was born at Howbeck Lodge, Stapeley (near Nantwich) on 17th January, 1871. Dr. Munro, a Nantwich doctor, attended at his birth. Beatty was the second son in a family of five. Both his parents were from Ireland.
