1878 - 1939
Roger Backhouse British Military
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| First Name |
Roger
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| Last Name |
Backhouse
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| Birthday |
24th November, 1878
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| Birthplace |
Darlington, County Durham, England
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| Died |
15th July, 1939
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| Place of Death |
London, England
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| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation |
Military
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Roland Charles Backhouse GCB GCVO CMG (24 November 1878 – 15 July 1939) was a Royal Navy officer. He served in the First World War as a cruiser commander and after the war became a battle squadron commander and later Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet. Becoming First Sea Lord in November 1938, his major contribution in that role was to abandon the official British policy of sending a major fleet to Singapore to deter Japanese aggression (the Singapore strategy), realising the immediate threat was closer to home (from Germany and Italy) and that such a policy was no longer viable. He died from a brain tumour in July 1939 just before the outbreak of the Second World War.
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