Sir Richard Henry Peirse | |
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Born | York, England | 4 September 1860
Died | 10 July 1940 | (aged 79)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1873–1919 |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands | Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station HMS Commonwealth HMS Bedford HMS Dido |
Battles / wars | Second Boer War First World War |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Member of the Royal Victorian Order Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France) Order of the Nile, First Class (Egypt) |
Relations | Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Peirse (son) Air Vice Marshal Sir Richard Peirse (grandson) |
Other work | Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Somerset (1929)[1] |
Admiral Sir Richard Henry Peirse, KCB, KBE, MVO, DL (4 September 1860 – 10 July 1940)[2] was a senior Royal Navy officer during the First World War.