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Richard Peirse (Royal Navy officer)

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Allegiance
  
United Kingdom

Name
  
Richard Peirse

Rank
  
Admiral

Years of service
  
1873–1919

Service/branch
  

Born
  
4 September 1860York, England (
1860-09-04
)

Died
  
10 July 1940(1940-07-10) (aged 79)

Commands held
  
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies StationHMS CommonwealthHMS BedfordHMS Dido

Admiral Sir Richard Henry Peirse (4 September 1860 – 10 July 1940) was a senior Royal Navy officer during World War I.

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Peirse joined the Royal Navy in 1873 and, in 1885, developed a new naval director which was to become the fire-control system used in all ships with large guns. Promoted to captain in 1900, he commanded HMS Dido during the Second Boer War.

Promoted to Rear Admiral in February 1909 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1913. Then promoted to vice admiral in October 1914, he served in the First World War taking part in the attack on Smyrna in 1915, where he outgunned the Turkish Fleet. He continued in his role on the East Indies Station until December 1915. He was promoted to admiral in March 1918.

After the war he became Naval Member of the Central Committee of the Board of Invention and Research and retired from the Navy in January 1919.

He lived in Upper Norwood in London and there is a memorial to him in Bedale Parish Church in North Yorkshire.

Awards and decorations

  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath – 22 June 1914
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire – 7 June 1918
  • Member of the Royal Victorian Order – 9 October 1903
  • Legion of Honour, Grand officer (France) – 18 June 1918
  • Order of the Nile, First Class (Egypt) – 25 October 1918
  • References

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