| 词条 | Robert Raikes (Royal Navy officer) |
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|name= Sir Robert Raikes |birth_date={{Birth year|1885}} |death_date={{Death year and age|1953|1885}} |birth_place= |death_place= |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |serviceyears=1900–1944 |rank= Admiral |commands=South Atlantic Station |branch= Royal Navy |unit= |battles=World War I World War II |awards=Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Distinguished Service Order |laterwork= }} Admiral Sir Robert Henry Taunton Raikes KCB CVO DSO (1885–1953) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station. Naval careerRaikes joined the Royal Navy in 1900.[1] He served in World War I, earning the DSO in 1916,[2] and went on to be Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth[3] before becoming Director of the Royal Navy Staff College at Greenwich in 1932.[1] He was made Chief of Staff of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1934 and Admiral in charge on a temporary basis at Alexandria in Egypt during the Abyssinian war in 1936 before becoming Rear Admiral Submarines in 1936.[1] He served in World War II initially as Vice Admiral commanding the Reserve Fleet destroyers on the Northern Patrol before becoming Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station in 1940.[1] He went on to be Flag Officer, Aberdeen from 1942 to 1944.[1] He lived at Mantyley Chase in Newent in Gloucestershire.[4] FamilyHe married Ida Guinevere Evans.[4] His son, Iwan Raikes, also served in the Royal Navy and became Flag Officer, Submarines.[5] His nephew, Lieutenant-Commander Dick Raikes DSO, also served in the Royal Navy and launched Operation Frankton, the first SBS personnel of the Royal Marines Commandos on their raid using the klepper canoe against German shipping in the Gironde estuary in 1942.[3] The story was told in the classic 1955 film The Cockleshell Heroes starring Trevor Howard.[6] References1. ^1 2 3 4 Admiral Sir Robert Henry Taunton Raikes Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Cecil Talbot}}{{s-ttl|title=Rear-Admiral Submarines|years=1936–1938}}{{s-aft|after=Bertram Watson}}2. ^{{London Gazette| issue = 29799| date = 25 October 1916| page = 10361| supp = y}} 3. ^1 [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1492902/Lieutenant-Commander-Dick-Raikes.html Obituary: Lieutenant-Commander Dick Raikes] Daily Telegraph, 28 June 2005 4. ^1 The Hallowes Genealogy 5. ^Debrett's People of Today 1994 6. ^{{IMDb title|0049083|The Cockleshell Heroes}} |-{{s-bef | before=Sir George Lyon}}{{s-ttl | title=Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station | years=1940–1941}}{{s-aft | after=Sir Algernon Willis}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Raikes, Robert}} 6 : 1885 births|1956 deaths|Royal Navy admirals of World War II|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order |
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