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About James Somerville
Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Fownes Somerville was a Royal Navy admiral. He served in the First World War as fleet wireless officer for the Mediterranean Fleet where he was involved in providing naval support for the Gallipoli Campaign. He also served in the Second World War as commander of the newly formed Force H: after the French armistice with Germany, Winston Churchill gave Somerville and Force H the task of neutralising the main element of the French battle fleet, then at Mers El Kébir in Algeria. After he had destroyed the French Battle fleet, Somerville played an important role in the pursuit and sinking of the German battleship Bismarck.
Everything about James Somerville →- Occupation
- naval officer
- Position held
- Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- July 17, 1882
- Died
- March 19, 1949