Roger Backhouse
Roger Backhouse
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Roland Charles Backhouse was a Royal Navy officer. He served in the First World War as a cruiser commander and after the war became a battle squadron commander and later Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet. Becoming First Sea Lord in November 1938, his major contribution in that role was to abandon the official British policy of sending a major fleet to Singapore to deter Japanese aggression, realising the immediate threat was closer to home and that such a policy was no longer viable. He died from a brain tumour in July 1939 just before the outbreak of the Second World War.
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Date of Birth
November 24th, 1878
Age
145
Birth Place
United Kingdom, England
Date of Death
July 15th, 1939
Died Aged
60
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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Jonathan Backhouse
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Florence Salusbury-Trelawny
Mother
Dora Louise Findlay
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Richard Miles Backhouse
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