Henry Blagrove
Military Person
1887 – 1939
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Who was Henry Blagrove?
Rear-Admiral Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove was the first British Royal Navy officer of flag rank to be killed in the Second World War. An experienced staff officer and veteran of several actions of the First World War aboard the battlecruiser HMS Tiger, Blagrove had only just received his appointment as commander of the 2nd Battleship Squadron of the Home Fleet when he was killed in the destruction of his flagship HMS Royal Oak by U-47.
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- Born
- Apr 26, 1887
Harbledown - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Died
- Oct 14, 1939
Scapa Flow
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on July 23, 2013
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