Frederic Charles Dreyer
Military Person
1878 – 1956
Who was Frederic Charles Dreyer?
Admiral Sir Frederic Charles Dreyer, GBE, KCB was an officer of the Royal Navy. A gunnery expert, he developed a fire control system for British warships, and served as Jellicoe's flag captain at Jutland. He retired with the rank of Admiral in 1943, having served through two world wars and having already retired once.
Frederic Dreyer was born on 8 January 1878 in the Irish town of Parsonstown in King's County, the second son of the Danish-born astronomer John Louis Emil Dreyer who was director of the Armagh Observatory. Educated at The Royal School, Armagh, in 1891 Dreyer joined the Royal Navy and entered the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
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- Born
- Jan 8, 1878
Birr - Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Lived in
- County Offaly
- Died
- Dec 11, 1956
Winchester
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on July 23, 2013
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