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Sir H.B. Rawlings participated in the evacuation
of Crete in 1941 and commanded Task
Force 57, the British
carrier
force that operated with the U.S.
Pacific Fleet during the Okinawa
campaign. His task
force rendered invaluable
service suppressing Japanese
air power in Formosa
and the southern Ryukyus.
The armored flight
decks of the British carriers repeatedly
shrugged off kamikaze
hits that would have crippled
an American
carrier.
| 1889-5-21 |
Born at The Downes, Cornwall, England |
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| 1908-7-15 |
Sublieutenant |
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| 1910-1-15 |
Lieutenant |
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| 1918-1-15 |
Lieutenant commander |
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| 1923-6-30 |
Commander |
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| 1930-12-31 |
Captain |
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| 1936 |
Naval attaché, Japan |
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| 1939-8-26
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Commander, BB Valiant |
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| 1941-1-15 |
Rear
admiral |
Commander, 7 Cruiser Squadron |
| 1942-4 |
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Foreign) |
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| 1943-5 |
Flag officer, West Africa |
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| 1943-11-7 |
Vice admiral |
Flag officer, Eastern Mediterranean |
| 1944-11 |
Deputy commander, Pacific Fleet, and commander, 1 Battle Squadron |
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| 1946-9-15 |
Admiral |
Retires |
| 1962-9-30 |
Dies at Bodmin, Cornwall, England |
References
Uboat.net
(accessed 2008-6-24)
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