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Richard Lane-Poole

Field	Value
honorific_prefix	Vice-Admiral
name	Sir Richard Lane-Poole
honorific_suffix
birth_name	Richard Hayden Owen Lane-Poole
birth_date
death_date
allegiance	United Kingdom
branch	Royal Navy
serviceyears	1898–1939
1939–1944
rank	Vice-Admiral
commands	HM Australian Squadron (1936–38)
Royal Naval College, Greenwich (1929–31)
Royal Australian Naval College (1924–27)
battles	First World War
Second World War
awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath

1939–1944 Royal Naval College, Greenwich (1929–31) Royal Australian Naval College (1924–27) Second World War Companion of the Order of the Bath Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Hayden Owen Lane-Poole, (1 April 1883 – 25 March 1971) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. He was the Rear Admiral Commanding His Majesty's Australian Squadron from 1936 to 1938.

Naval career

Lane-Poole was born to Stanley Lane-Poole, an Egyptologist, and his wife Charlotte. His brother Charles was a forester who did much work in Australia. Educated at Bedford School, Lane-Poole joined the Royal Navy on 15 January 1898 as a Cadet. He was promoted to midshipman on 15 May 1899, sub-lieutenant on 15 June 1902, lieutenant on 15 September 1904, lieutenant commander on 15 September 1912 and commander on 30 June 1916. Between 1919 and 1920 he was stationed at the Mining School at Portsmouth. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for valuable services to mine laying operations during the First World War.

He served aboard in 1922 and was promoted to captain on 30 June 1923. He served as the Captain of the Royal Australian Naval College at Jervis Bay, from April 1924 to April 1927. In 1929–31 he was captain of the Royal Navy College at Greenwich and later commanded the Royal Navy Barracks at Devonport. He was promoted to rear admiral on 8 May 1935 and was appointed to command His Majesty's Australian Squadron from 20 April 1936 to 21 April 1938. On 26 June 1936, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath. He was later promoted to vice admiral on 11 January 1939 and placed on the retired list.

During the Second World War he came out of retirement and served as commodore of convoys and director of demagnetization. On 1 January 1944, he was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Notes

References

Carron, L. T.. (1983). "Lane-Poole, Charles Edward (1885–1970)".
{{London Gazette. (10 June 1919)
p8. The Argus (Melbourne, Vic) Friday 30 August 1935
p.4 The Canberra Times (ACT) Friday 30 August 1935
{{London Gazette. (26 June 1936)
{{London Gazette. (31 December 1943)

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