Allegiance United Kingdom Died 1958 Years of service 1904 - 1950 Rank Admiral | Name Ernest Archer Service/branch Royal Navy Role Royal Navy officer | |
Commands held HMS Revenge
Royal Navy Barracks at Portsmouth
Scotland and Northern Ireland Battles/wars World War I
World War II Awards Order of the Bath, Order of the British Empire | ||
Battles and wars World War I, World War II | ||
Admiral Sir Ernest Russell Archer, KCB, CBE (14 September 1891 – 17 December 1958) was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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Naval career
Archer joined the Royal Navy in 1904. He served in World War I in destroyers. He also served in World War II as Captain of the battleship HMS Revenge from 1939: in this capacity he led the transport of the UK's gold bullion to Canada in July 1940. He continued his war service as Commander of the Royal Navy Barracks at Portsmouth from 1941, as Senior Naval Officer in North Russia from 1943 and then as Head of the Joint Services Mission to Moscow from 1944. After the War he became Flag Officer, Gibraltar. He was appointed Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland in 1948 and retired in 1950.
Family
In 1917 he married Margaret Elizabeth Hope Bayly.