Sir Dudley Burton Napier North (1881 – 15 May 1961) GCVO, CB, CSI, CMG, RN was an Admiral of the Royal Navy who served during World War I and World War II. He was relieved of his command on the grounds of his failure, while naval commander at Gibraltar, to challenge a Vichy French naval squadron; this after he had narrowly escaped replacement in response to his earlier objection to the action at Mers-el-Kebir. He was later exonerated of blame. Ludovic Kennedy considers that the failure to challenge the squadron was the fault of people in London, not North.
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| - Sir Dudley Burton Napier North (1881 – 15 May 1961) GCVO, CB, CSI, CMG, RN was an Admiral of the Royal Navy who served during World War I and World War II. He was relieved of his command on the grounds of his failure, while naval commander at Gibraltar, to challenge a Vichy French naval squadron; this after he had narrowly escaped replacement in response to his earlier objection to the action at Mers-el-Kebir. He was later exonerated of blame. Ludovic Kennedy considers that the failure to challenge the squadron was the fault of people in London, not North.
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| - Parnham, Beaminster, Dorset
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| - Sir Dudley Burton Napier North
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| - World War I
- World War II
- - Dogger Bank
- - Heligoland Bight
- - Jutland
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| - Deputy Lieutenant, Dorset
- Extra Equerry to King George VI
- Major, 1st Battalion Dorset Home Guard {1942}
- Younger Brother of Trinity House
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| - Sir Dudley Burton Napier North (1881 – 15 May 1961) GCVO, CB, CSI, CMG, RN was an Admiral of the Royal Navy who served during World War I and World War II. He was relieved of his command on the grounds of his failure, while naval commander at Gibraltar, to challenge a Vichy French naval squadron; this after he had narrowly escaped replacement in response to his earlier objection to the action at Mers-el-Kebir. He was later exonerated of blame. Ludovic Kennedy considers that the failure to challenge the squadron was the fault of people in London, not North.
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