Harwood, Henry Harwood

Date of birth:: January 19th, 1888 (Suffolk/East Anglia, Great Britain)
Date of death:: June 9th, 1950
Nationality:: British

Biography

Promotions:
1904: Midshipsman;
30th July 1907: acting Sub-Lieutenant;
9th april 1908: Sub-Lieutenant (seniority 30th July 1907);
30th July 1908: Lieutenant;
30th July 1916: Lieutenant-Commander;
30th June 1921: Commander;
31st December 1928: Captain;
17th September 1936: Commodore 2nd Class;
25th August 1939: Commodore 1st Class;
13th December 1939: Rear-Admiral;
22nd April 1942: acting Admiral;
6th February 1942: Vice-Admiral;
1945: Admiral (retired).

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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Lieutenant Commander
Awarded on:: July 17th, 1919

For valuable services in H.M.S. "Royal Sovereign," 1st Battle Squadron.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB, military division)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Rear-Admiral
Unit:: Commanding Officer South American Division of the America and West Indies Station
Awarded on:: December 13th, 1939

Citation:
"In recognition of the gallant and successful action with the "Admiral Graf Spee".

Published in The London Gazette dated 23rd December 1939.

Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB, military division)

Gran Oficial Orden del Merito

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Rear-Admiral
Awarded on:: September 6th, 1940

Citation:
"In recognition of valuable services, rendered on the occasion of the earthquacke disaster at Conception on the 24th January 1939."

Persmission to wear the decoration from 6th September 1940.

Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Rear-Admiral
Awarded on:: January 1st, 1941

Polemikos Stauros 1940 - 3rd Class

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Rear-Admiral
Awarded on:: April 27th, 1943

Permission for wearing granted on April 27th, 1943.

Sources

- The London Gazette of August 6, 1909
- Second Supplement to The London Gazette of 22nd December 1939, Issue 34759, dated 23rd December 1939
- The London Gazette of 6th September 1940, Issue 34940
- Supplement to The London Gazette of 31st December 1940, Issue 35029, dated 1st January 1941
- The London Gazette of 4th April 1941, Issue 35127
- The London Gazette of 23rd September 1941, Issue 35283
- Third Suplement to The London Gazette of 23rd April 1943, Issue 35993, dated 27th April 1943
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31461/supplement/9108