Died 30 October 1948 Rank Admiral Years of service 1882–1925 | Service/branch Royal Navy Allegiance United Kingdom Name John Green | |
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Commands held HMS Essex (1901)
HMS Royal Arthur (1891)
HMS Natal (1905)
HMS New Zealand
Coast of Scotland | ||
Admiral Sir John Frederick Ernest Green (8 August 1866 – 30 October 1948) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.
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Naval career
Green joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1882, was promoted to Lieutenant in 1890 and went on to command the gunboat HMS Pigmy during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 for which role he was mentioned in despatches and promoted to Commander 1 January 1901. He was appointed in command of the destroyer HMS Mermaid on 13 June 1901, and used this as flagship when he was in charge of the Medway Instructional Flotilla. In May 1902 he transferred with all officers and men to the destroyer HMS Racehorse, which was commissioned for the instructional flotilla.
He served in World War I taking part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916 as Captain of the Battlecruiser HMS New Zealand (flagship to the Rear-Admiral Commanding the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron). He continued his war service as Senior Naval Officer on the River Clyde from October 1917. After the War he became Rear Admiral in the White Sea and then Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland from 1922 before retiring in 1925.
Family
In 1901 he married Maud Kathleen McInnoy.