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EDWYN ALEXANDER-SINCLAIR

Sir 'Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair' (1865 - 1945) was British admiral, who is known for leading a squadron of light cruisers in the Baltic to support independence of Estonia on 1918[1]

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Service biography
References
See also

Service biography



★ Joined Royal Navy 1879

★ Commanding Osborne Naval College 1905-1908

World War I 1914-1918

Battle of Jutland 1916

★ 3 Light Cruiser Sqn 1917-1920

★ Admiral-Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard 1920-1922

★ Commanding First Battle Sqadron, Atlantic Fleet 1922-1924

★ Commander-in-Chief, China Station 1925-1926

★ Commander-in-Chief, The Nore 1927-1930

★ Retired 1930 [2]

References


1. Queen, Estonians honour Britain's 'forgotten fleet'
2. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

See also



Estonian War of Independence

Englannin laivastotoimet Itämerllä 1918 - 1921

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