Charles Frederick Corbett
Royal Navy officer
About Charles Frederick Corbett
Lived 1867 – 1955 (aged 87–88).
Admiral Charles Frederick Corbett, CB, MVO (21 November 186729 January 1955) was a Royal Navy officer.
Biography The son of Admiral Sir John Corbett, Charles Corbett entered HMS Britannia as a cadet in 1881.
From 1914 to 1916, he was captain of the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Glory, during which he was appointed a CB and was commended for services relating to the evacuation of Gallipoli.
Corbett was placed on the retired list at his own request in 1922. He was promoted vice-admiral on the retired list in 1924 and admiral on the retired list in 1928.
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Royal Navy officer
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Charles Frederick Corbett was born in 1867.
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Charles Frederick Corbett died in 1955.
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