Admiral of the fleet sir reginald yorke Tyrwhitt

May 10, 1870

Reginald Tyrwhitt is born

Location: Britain

Jul 15, 1883

Reginald Tyrwhitt joins the Royal Navy as a Cadet on HMS Britannia

Location: Dartmouth

Aug 1885

Cadet Tyrwhitt is sent to HMS Alexandra in the Mediterranean

Location: Mediterranean

Dec 15, 1885

Reginald Tyrwhitt is rated Midshipman and transfers to HMS Calypso

Location: Mediterranean

Mar 14, 1890

Midshipman Tyrwhitt is commissioned as a Sub-Lieutenant

Location: Britain

Aug 25, 1892

Sub-Lieutenant Reginald Tyrwhitt is promoted to Lieutenant and then transfers to HMS Cleopatra on the North American station

Location: North America

Jan 1896

Lieutenant Reginald Tyrwhitt is given his first command, the destroyer HMS Hart

Location: Britain

Dec 1899

Lieutenant Reginald Tyrwhitt becomes the First Lieutenant of HMS Indefatigable on the North American and West Indies station

Location: North America

Jan 01, 1903

Lieutenant Reginald Tyrwhitt is promoted to Commander, and then transfers to HMS Aurora that same year

Location: Britain

1904

Commander Tyrwhitt is given command of the destroyer HMS Waveney

Location: Britain

1906

Commander Tyrwhitt is given command of the scout cruiser HMS Attentive

Location: Britain

1907

Commander Tyrwhitt is given command of the scout cruiser HMS Skirmisher

Location: Britain

Jun 30, 1908

Commander Tyrwhitt is promoted to Captain

Location: Britain

Aug 1909

Captain Tyrwhitt becomes the Captain of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla, which he commands from the cruiser HMS Topaze

Location: Britain

Aug 1910

Captain Tyrwhitt becomes the Flag Captain to the Commander of the 6th Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean Fleet

Location: Mediterranean

Aug 1912

Captain Tyrwhitt becomes captain of the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla which he commands from the scout cruiser HMS Bellona

Location: Britain

Dec 1913

Captain Tyrwhitt is promoted to Commodore and given command of all the destroyers of the First Fleet

Location: Britain

Apr 07, 1914

Commodore Tyrwhitt is given command of Harwich Force

Location: Britain

Aug 05, 1914

HMS Lance and HMS Landrail go to investigate ships dropping mines. HMS lance opens fire with her 4-inch guns, the first shots from the British in the Great War.

Location: North Sea

Oct 17, 1914

A battle between British destroyers and German Torpedo boats

Location: North Sea

Nov 03, 1914

German cruisers fire on a minesweeper patrolling the sea off Yarmouth in the hope that this will lure out a portion of the Grand Fleet. Admiral Beatty's is contacted and heads south with his battlecruisers, not knowing that there was a flotilla of Battleships waiting for them. But by the time that they get to Yarmouth the German fleet had already headed back to Germany, with one of its ships hitting one of their own mines as it approached Wilhelmshaven. Admiral Hipper was awarded an Iron Cross for this action, but he refused to wear it as he felt that little had been accomplished.

Location: Britain

Nov 30, 1914

A trawler finds a chest that had been thrown overboard by one of the German torpedo boats during the Battle of Texel. This chest contains the code book used by the German light forces stations on the coast.

Location: North Sea

Dec 16, 1914

The german navy tries to bait the Grand Fleet

Location: Britain

Dec 25, 1914

Aircraft from the seaplane carriers of the Harwich Force to raid a Zeppelin base

Location: Europe

1915

During one patrol of the North sea twenty captured trawlers were brought to Harwich as prizes

Location: North Sea

Jan 24, 1915

A British victory in the north sea, with the German's loosing one to a flash fire. This would lead to better procedures which would serve them well during the Battle of Jutland.

Location: North Sea

Apr 1915

HMS Undaunted is damaged in a collision with one of the destroyers of Harwich Force, HMS Landrail

Location: North Sea

Mar 1916

HMS Undaunted collides with HMS Cleopatra

Location: North Sea

Jun 01, 1916

The destroyers of Harwich force are sent to escort the ships damaged during the Battle of Jutland back to the Humber for repairs.

Location: North Sea

Aug 13, 1916

HMS Lance and a number of other Destroyers from Harwich Force escorts a convoy of merchant ships to the Netherlands. One of the destroyers, HMS Lassoo, is struck by a torpedo from a German U-Boat. HMS Lance rescues the crew from HMS Lassoo just before it breaks in half and sinks.

Location: North Sea

Mar 1917

HMS Lance is transferred from Harwich Force to the Dover Patrol

Location: North Sea

May 01, 1919

Commodore Tyrwhitt is replaced as the commander of Harwich Force by George Holmes Borrett

Location: Britain

Jul 1919

Commodore Tyrwhitt becomes the Senior Naval Officer of Gibraltar

Location: Gibraltar

Dec 02, 1919

Commodore Tyrwhitt is promoted to Rear-Admiral

Location: Gibraltar

Dec 13, 1919

Rear-Admiral Tyrwhitt is created Baronet of Terschelling and of Oxford

Location: Britain

1921

Rear-Admiral Tyrwhitt raises his flag on HMS Cardiff when he is given command of the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean Fleet

Location: Mediterranean

Jun 1923

Rear-Admiral Tyrwhitt is made the Commander-in-Chief of the Coast of Scotland

Location: Britain

Jan 18, 1925

Rear-Admiral Tyrwhitt is promoted to Vice-Admiral

Location: Britain

Nov 1926

Vice-Admiral Tyrwhitt is made the Commander-in-Chief of the China station and raises his flag on HMS Hawkins

Location: China

Feb 27, 1929

Vice-Admiral Tyrwhitt is promoted to full Admiral

Location: Britain

May 1930

Admiral Tyrwhitt becomes the Commander-in-Chief of The Nore

Location: Portsmouth

Oct 10, 1932

Admiral Tyrwhitt is appointed First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King

Location: Britain

May 1933

Admiral Tyrwhitt lowers his flag for the last time and retires from active service

Location: Britain

Jul 31, 1934

Admiral Tyrwhitt is promoted to Admiral of the Fleet

Location: Britain

May 30, 1951

Admiral of the Fleet Tyrwhitt dies in Sandhurst

Location: Britain