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John Cronyn 'Jack' Tovey

Rank Admiral of the Fleet
Born 07/03/1885 Boley Hill Rochester

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HMS Onslow

Class Destroyer 'M' class

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Decorations GCB KBE DSO, Baron Tovey of Langton Matravers in the County of Dorset Next of kin address Aida Rowe England Mother Maria Elizabeth Goodhue Father Hamilton Tovey More info At Jutland Lt Cdr Tovey commanded the destroyer HMS Onslow. Later in the war he commanded HMS Ursa at the Second Battle of the Heligoland Bight. During the Second World War he was C-in-C Home Fleet and commanded the force which pursued and sunk Bismarck