Ernest Archer (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral Sir Ernest Russell Archer, KCB, CBE (14 September 1891 – 17 December 1958) was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Sir Ernest Archer
Born	14 September 1891 Dover, Kent, England
Died	17 December 1958 (aged 67) Winchester, Hampshire, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1904–1950
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Revenge Royal Navy Barracks at Portsmouth Flag Officer, Gibraltar Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Naval career

Archer joined the Royal Navy in 1904.[1] He served in World War I in destroyers.[1] He also served in World War II as Captain of the battleship HMS Revenge from 1939: in this capacity he led the transport of the UK's gold bullion to Canada in July 1940.[2] He continued his war service as Commander of the Royal Navy Barracks at Portsmouth from 1941, as Senior Naval Officer in North Russia from 1943 and then as Head of the Joint Services Mission to Moscow from 1944.[1] After the War he became Flag Officer, Gibraltar.[1] He was appointed Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland in 1948[3] and retired in 1950.[1]

Family

In 1917 he married Margaret Elizabeth Hope Bayly.[4]

References

1. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
2. How Britain's wealth went West by Leland Stowe (1963)
3. Listing compiled by historian Colin Mackie Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945". Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2011.