Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt | |
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 Portrait of Tyrwhitt, by Francis Dodd | |
| Born | 10 May 1870 Oxford, Oxfordshire |
| Died | 30 May 1951 (aged 81) Sandhurst, Kent |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1883–1945 |
| Rank | Admiral of the Fleet |
| Commands held | Nore Command (1930–33) China Station (1926–29) Coast of Scotland (1923–25) 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron (1920–22) Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar (1919) Harwich Force (1914–18) Destroyer Flotillas of the First Fleet (1913) 2nd Destroyer Flotilla (1912) HMS Good Hope (1912) HMS Bacchante (1910–11) 4th Destroyer Flotilla (1909) HMS Skirmisher (1907) HMS Attentive (1906) HMS Waveney (1904) HMS Hart (1896) |
| Battles/wars | First World War |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Commander of the Legion of Honour (France) Croix de Guerre (France) Officer of the Military Order of Savoy (Italy) |
| Relations | Dame Mary Tyrwhitt (daughter) Sir St John Tyrwhitt, 2nd Baronet (son) |
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, 1st Baronet, GCB DSO (/ˈtɪrɪt/; 10 May 1870 – 30 May 1951) was a Royal Navy officer. During the First World War he served as commander of the Harwich Force. He led a supporting naval force of 31 destroyers and two cruisers at the Battle of Heligoland Bight in August 1914, in which action the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron under Sir David Beatty sank three German cruisers and one German destroyer with minimal loss of allied warships. Tyrwhitt also led the British naval forces during the Cuxhaven Raid in December 1914, when British seaplanes destroyed German Zeppelin airships and at the Battle of Dogger Bank in January 1915, in which action Tyrwhitt again supported Beatty's powerful battlecruiser squadron.
After the war, Tyrwhitt went on to be Senior Naval Officer, Gibraltar, commander of the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean Fleet and then Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland. He also served as Commander-in-Chief, China during a period of disturbances and tension with the Nationalist Government. His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.