About Theodore Hallett
Lived 1878 – 1956 (aged 78). Theodore Hallett was a British naval officer.
Vice-Admiral Sir Theodore John Hallett KBE CB (10 January 1878 – 16 December 1956) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.
Naval career Hallett joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1894. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on 31 December 1899, and on 15 February 1900 was lent to for duty on voyage to Hong Kong, where he was appointed to serve in , recommissioned for the China station.
He served in the First World War as Commanding Officer of the light cruisers and , in the latter serving as Flag Captain of the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron.
He went on to be Naval Assistant to the Second Sea Lord in 1922, Captain of the Fleet for the Mediterranean Fleet in 1924 and Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland in 1929. He was then appointed Aide-de-Camp to the King and retired in 1933. He later saw action as a member of the expeditionary force to Narvik in Norway in 1942.
Family In 1908, he married Helen Blanche Dalkeyne; they had two children.
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Who was Theodore Hallett?
Royal Navy admiral (1878-1956)
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Theodore Hallett was born on 10 January 1878 in Priors Hardwick.
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Theodore Hallett died on 16 December 1956.
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Theodore Hallett was a naval officer.
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