George Callaghan
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Astley Callaghan was an officer in the Royal Navy. During the Boxer Rebellion he served as commander of a naval brigade sent ashore to form an element of a larger exped
Sir George Callaghan
The carnage after the Messina earthquake; Callaghan assisted with the provision of aid to survivors
Sir George Callaghan as Second-in-Command of the Home Fleet
Home Fleet
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The Home Fleet was a fleet of the Royal Navy that operated from the United Kingdom's territorial waters from 1902 with intervals until 1967. In 1967, it was merged with the Mediterranean Fleet creatin
George Callaghan
…a Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy on 15 April 1912. Promoted to vice-admiral on 27 April 1910, he became Second-in-Command of the Home Fleet, with his flag in the battleship HMS King Edward VII later that month. He was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 24 June 1910…
HMS Neptune leading the Home Fleet before the First World War
King George VI visiting the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow in March 1943