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Clipped Signature - Rodney Sturdee. - Cranston Military Prints

Clipped Signature - Rodney Sturdee.


Clipped Signature - Rodney Sturdee.

Joining the Royal Navy in 1937, he served throughout World War Two. He was a Midshipman aboard HMS Exeter at the battle of the River Plate and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 1945. In a long post war career he attained the rank of Rear Admiral before retiring in 1972. He died in 2009.

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Item Code : CLP2838Clipped Signature - Rodney Sturdee. - Editions Available
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Clipped Signature.
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Sturdee, Rodney

Died : 2009
Rear Admiral Rodney Sturdee CB DSC (deceased)
Rear Admiral Arthur Rodney Barry Sturdee was born on 6th December 1919, was educated at Canford School and entered the Royal Navy as Special Entry Cadet 1937. He served throughout the Second World War and was a Midshipman aboard HMS Exeter at the Battle of the River Plate. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1941,specialised in Navigation in 1944, minesweeping in the Mediterranean 1944-45. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 1945. Further positions : Lieutenant Commander 1949, RN Staff
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Viewed from beneath the blistered guns of the damaged X and Y turrets of her sister HMS Ajax, Achilles come sunder fire from the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee during what was to become known as the Battle of the River Plate on the 13th December 1939. Shells from Achilles are closing on her opponent as the Graf Spee alters course at the start of the doomed battleships flight to Montevideo

The Pursuit of the Graf Spee by Ivan Berryman 		Under attack from HMS Ajax, HMS Exeter and HMS Achilles, the German Pocket battleship Graf Spee is shown at speed returning salvos, December 1939.

The Battle of the River Plate by Randall Wilson.		 Viewed from beneath the blistered guns of the damaged X and Y turrets of her sister HMS Ajax, Achilles come sunder fire from the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee during what was to become known as the Battle of the River Plate on the 13th December 1939. Shells from Achilles are closing on her opponent as the Graf Spee alters course at the start of the doomed battleships flight to Montevideo

The Pursuit of the Graf Spee by Ivan Berryman 		Viewed from beneath the blistered guns of the damaged X and Y turrets of her sister HMS Ajax, Achilles come sunder fire from the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee during what was to become known as the Battle of the River Plate on the 13th December 1939. Shells from Achilles are closing on her opponent as the Graf Spee alters course at the start of the doomed battleships flight to Montevideo.

The Pursuit of the Graf Spee by Ivan Berryman.
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Rear Admiral Rodney Sturdee CB DSC (deceased)
Died : 2009
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Sturdee, Rodney
(Rear Admiral Rodney Sturdee CB DSC (deceased))

Rear Admiral Arthur Rodney Barry Sturdee was born on 6th December 1919, was educated at Canford School and entered the Royal Navy as Special Entry Cadet 1937. He served throughout the Second World War and was a Midshipman aboard HMS Exeter at the Battle of the River Plate. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1941,specialised in Navigation in 1944, minesweeping in the Mediterranean 1944-45. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in 1945. Further positions : Lieutenant Commander 1949, RN Staff College 1950-51, Staff of Navigation School 1951-52, Commander 1952, Joint Services Staff College 1953, British Joint Services Mission, Washington, 1953-55, Fleet Navigating Officer, Mediterranean 1955-57, Executive Officer, RNAS Culdrose 1958-59, Captain 1960, NATO Defence College 1960-63, Queen's Harbour Master, Singapore (as Commodore) 1967-69, Rear Admiral 1969, Flag Officer Gibraltar 1969-72. Retired 1972. ADC to the Queen 1969. He died on 6th October 2009.
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