Charles Forbes (admiral)

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Sir Charles Forbes
22 November 1880 – 28 August 1960
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Forbes
Place of birth	Ceylon
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1894 - 1940
Rank	Admiral of the Fleet
Commands held	British Home Fleet
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	GCB

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Morton Forbes, GCB, DSO (22 November 1880 – 28 August 1960) was a Royal Navy officer.

Forbes joined the Royal Navy in July 1894. After serving as a Midshipman in the Channel Fleet and Pacific, he returned to the UK to train as a gunnery specialist. During the early part of World War I he served in H.M.S Queen Elizabeth. His service in her included the Dardanelles and Galipoli campaigns. In October 1915 Forbes returned to the UK to take up and appointment as Flag Commander to Admiral Jellicoe, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet. He saw action at the Battle of Jutland from Jellicoe's flagship Iron Duke.

After the end of the war Forbes had successive shore appointments, serving as President as Naval Member of the Ordnance Committee from October 1919 to March 1921 and then as Deputy Director of the Staff College, Greenwich from August 1921 to June 1923. A sea appointment followed as Forbes returned to his old ship H.M.S Queen Elizabeth as her Captain.

In February 1932 Forbes became Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Admiralty an appointment which placed him in charge of the materiel side of the service.

In April 1934 he returned to sea. On this occasion his appointment was second in Command to the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet Roger Backhouse.

Four years later came the high point of Forbes career as he became Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, an appointment he held from April 1938 to December 1940.

Charles Forbes died on 28 August 1960.

[edit] External links

• Transcription of Service Record on admirals.org.uk

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