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词条 Howard Kelly (Royal Navy officer)
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  1. Naval career

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Admiral Sir William Archibald Howard Kelly {{postnominals|country=GBR|GBE|KCB|CMG|MVO}} (6 September 1873 – 14 September 1952) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station.

Naval career

Kelly joined the Royal Navy in 1886.[1] He was posted as a lieutenant to the protected cruiser HMS Spartiate in late March 1902,[2] went to Somaliland in 1902 and became naval attaché in Paris in 1911.[1]

He served in the First World War as commanding officer of HMS Gloucester, taking part in the pursuit of Goeben and Breslau (his brother John Kelly was commanding officer of Gloucester{{'}}s sister ship Dublin during the same engagement). From 1917 he was commander of the 8th Light Cruiser Squadron.[1] In 1918 he was given command of the British Adriatic Force.[1]

After the war he was appointed head of British Naval Mission to Greece.[1] He became Commander of the 1st Battle Squadron in the Atlantic Fleet in 1923 and commander of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in 1925.[1] He went on to be Admiralty representative to the League of Nations in 1927 and commander of the 1st Battle Squadron and second-in-command of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1929.[1] His last appointment was intended to be Commander-in-Chief, China Station in 1931.[1] He was on board the minesweeper {{HMS|Petersfield|1919|6}} when it ran aground in November 1931 - all aboard were rescued.[3] Then, following the 28 January Incident, he used his influence to seek a ceasefire between the Chinese and Japanese forces.[4] He retired in 1936.[1]

He was recalled in 1940, during the Second World War, to be British Naval Representative in Turkey; he retired again in 1944.[1]

References

1. ^Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
2. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Naval & Military intelligence |day_of_week=Thursday |date=27 March 1902 |page_number=4 |issue=36726| }}
3. ^Loss on China Station Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 118, 14 November 1931, Page 13
4. ^Naval Review Vol. 64, No. 3, July 1976
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