Died 28 July 1939 Rank Admiral Years of service 1887–1933 | Service/branch Royal Navy Allegiance United Kingdom Name John Cameron | |
Commands held HMS Phaeton
HMS Tiger
HMS Glorious
Coast of Scotland | ||
Admiral John Ewen Cameron CB MVO (15 June 1874 – 28 July 1939) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.
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Naval career
Born in London, Cameron was commissioned in to the Royal Navy in 1887 and went on to fight in the Second Boer War. He served in World War I and took part in the Battle of Jutland as Captain of the cruiser HMS Phaeton. After the War he commanded the battlecruiser HMS Tiger and then the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland in 1928 and retired in 1933.
He lived at Christon Bank near Alnmouth in Northumberland.
Family
In 1906 he married Marion Gertrude Granger; they had four daughters.
References
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