Date of birth:

August 27th, 1882 (Chelsea/Londen, England)

Date of death:

March 27th, 1942

Nationality:

British

Promotions:
September 1896: Cadet;
?: Midshipsman;
August 27th, 1901: sub-lieutenant;
February 27th, 1903: Lieutenant;
June 1914: Commander;
December 1918: Captain;
1931: Rear-Admiral;
1939: Admiral.

Career:
September 1896: HMS Britannia;
1900: HMS Centurion;
November 1902: HMS Doris;
1905 - 1907: Qualification Gunnery Lieutenant;
1911 - 1912: HMS Leviathan;
1912: Staff, Whale Island Gunnery School;
?: Gunnery Officer, HMS Erin;
1916: Staff Officer;
?: Fleet Gunnery Officer, HMS Lion;
November 1916: Flag Commander, HMS Iron Duke;
?: Flag Commander, HMS Queen Elizabeth;
1919: Deputy Director, Operations Division, Naval Staff;
March 1921: Naval Attaché, Washington D.C.;
January 1923: Commanding Officer, 9th Destroyer Flotilla;
1925: Naval Assistant, First Sea Lord;
?: Commanding Officer, HMS Renown;
April 1931 - October 1932: Chief of Staff, Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Fleet;
February 1933: Assistant Chief, Naval Staff;
August 1934: Commanding Officer, Battlecruiser Squadron;
1937 - 1938: President, Royal Naval Colledge, Greenwich;
1939: Retirement;
June 1940: Chairman Bailey Committee.

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• Photo 1: National Portrait Gallery, London (CC Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives 4.0)
• - BLACK, N., British Naval Staff in the First World War, 0, 2009.
  - KNOWLES, D., HMS Hood, Fonthill Media, 2019.
  - Sidney Robert Bailey | Dreadnought Project