1884 - 1973 (89 years)
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Name |
William Jock Whitworth |
Prefix |
Sir |
Birth |
1884 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
1973 |
Person ID |
I122818 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
1 Jun 2015 |
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Notes |
- Admiral Sir William Jock Whitworth KCB DSO (29 June 1884 ? 25 October 1973) was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.
He became heavily involved in the Norwegian Campaign[2] and in 1940, with his flag flying in the battleship HMS Warspite, he led the Royal Navy to victory at the second Battle of Narvik off Norway.[
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