Allegiance United Kingdom Awards Order of the Bath Name Robert Davenport Service/branch Royal Navy | Role Royal Navy officer Rank Vice admiral Died June 15, 1965 | |
Years of service 1896 - 1938
1939 - 1946 Commands held HMS Despatch
HMS Queen Elizabeth
Coast of Scotland Battles/wars Second Boer War
World War I
World War II Battles and wars Second Boer War, World War I, World War II | ||
Vice Admiral Robert Clutterbuck Davenport CB (13 April 1882 – 15 June 1965) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.
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Naval career
Educated on HMS Britannia, Davenport joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1896. He was confirmed as a sub-lieutenant on 15 April 1901, served in the Second Boer War and World War I. He became Commanding Officer of the cruiser HMS Despatch in 1924 and the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth in 1930 and went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland in 1935. He retired in 1938 but was recalled to serve in World War II as Commodore of Convoys from 1939 and then on the Selection Board for Temporary Commissions in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve from 1941 until his final retirement in 1946.
Family
In 1917 he married Gwladwys Mabel Halahan (née Gwatkin-Williams).