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encyclopedia royal navy admiral 1857 1938 admiral sir lewis bayly kcb kcmg cvo admiral sir lewis bayly 1915 born 1857 09 28 28 september 1857 charlton kent england died 16 may 1938 1938 05 16 aged 80 london england military career allegiance united kingdom branch royal navy service years 1870 1919 rank admiral commands coast of ireland 1915 19 royal naval college greenwich 1915 channel fleet 1914 15 1st battle squadron 1914 3rd battle squadron 1913 14 1st battlecruiser squadron 1912 13 1st cruiser squadron 1911 12 royal naval war college 1908 11 hms topaze 1908 hms attentive 1907 08 hms queen 1904 07 hms talbot 1902 04 conflicts third anglo ashanti war anglo egyptian war first world war awards knight commander of the order of the bath knight commander of the order of st michael and st george commander of the royal victorian order grand cross of the order of the dannebrog denmark commander of the legion of honour france navy distinguished service medal united states admiral sir lewis bayly kcb kcmg cvo 28 september 1857 16 may 1938 was a royal navy officer who served during the first world war early life and career edit bayly was born at woolwich on 28 september 1857 he was a great grandnephew of admiral sir richard goodwin keats bayly joined the royal navy in 1870 he served in the third anglo ashanti war in 1873 and against pirates in the congo basin in 1875 he later served on the armoured frigate hms agincourt and in the anglo egyptian war of 1882 bayly married in 1892 yves henrietta stella daughter of henry annesley voysey there was no issue of the marriage he was posted to the torpedo school hms vernon in late march 1900 1 then on 15 july 1900 he was appointed naval attaché to the united states and japan serving as such until he was recalled in july 1902 in july 1902 bayly became commanding officer of the protected cruiser hms talbot serving on the china station 2 he was given command of the destroyers of the home fleet 1907 1908 with the scout cruiser hms attentive as his flagship on 22 march 1908 bayly was appointed a naval aide de camp to king edward vii he was then given a shore command as president of the royal naval war college 1908 1911 before the outbreak of the first world war he was given command successively of the 1st cruiser squadron 1911 1912 the 1st battlecruiser squadron 1912 13 and the 3rd battle squadron 1913 1914 first world war edit during the early months of the first world war bayly commanded the 1st battle squadron he was in command of the rescue operation when the dreadnought battleship hms audacious was mined and sunk on 27 october 1914 in december 1914 he was appointed to command the channel fleet flying his flag in the predreadnought battleship hms lord nelson under bayly s command the 5th battle squadron spent 31 december 1914 in the english channel participating in gunnery exercises off the isle of portland supported by the topaze class light cruisers hms topaze and hms diamond after the exercises the fleet remained at sea for the night on patrol even though german submarine activity had been reported in the area with rough sea conditions and the wind increasing submarine attacks would have been difficult to carry out effectively and so were not thought to be a significant threat nonetheless the predreadnought battleship hms formidable was torpedoed and sunk by the german submarine u 24 bayly was later criticised for not taking proper precautions during the exercises but was cleared of the charge of negligence in january 1915 bayly was made president of the royal naval college greenwich in july 1915 he was made senior officer on the coast of ireland at queenstown ireland in 1917 the title became commander in chief coast of ireland he held this post until 1919 in this function bayly was tasked with keeping the approaches to great britain safe from u boat attacks in 1917 bayly promoted to admiral was given command of a mixed british american force defending the western approaches he took as his chief of staff the american captain joel r p pringle bayly had a good working relation with his american counterpart william sims 3 bayly retired in 1919 he died in london in 1938 notes edit naval military intelligence the times no 36103 london 30 march 1900 p 7 naval military intelligence the times no 36820 london 15 july 1902 p 11 see castles of steel references edit bayly lewis 1939 pull together the memoirs of admiral sir lewis bayly g g harrap co london external links edit the dreadnought project lewis bayly royal navy officer military offices preceded by sir alexander bethell president of the royal naval college greenwich 1915 succeeded by sir henry jackson preceded by sir charles coke commander in chief coast of ireland 1915 1919 succeeded by sir reginald tupper authority control databases international isni viaf gnd fast worldcat national united states france bnf data people deutsche biographie other idref open library snac yale lux retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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