Edward Knight's Family
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Sir Edward Bridges Rice, continued.
... the sum of £1,000 to the officers and men for this service.
Promoted Captain on February 24th 1855.
Served as Flag-Captain in the 'Leander' of 39 guns at Sebastopol, from January 1856 until the evacuation of the Crimea; receiving the Crimea War medal with bar 'Sebastopol' and the Turkish medal for the Crimea. During this period in the Black Sea he was Flag-Captain to Sir Charles Fremantle.
Aide-de-camp to H.M. Queen Victoria, 1869 to 1873, during which time he was Captain of the 'Royal Albert' of 107 guns – and Flag Commander once again to Sir Charles Fremantle, now in command in the Channel.
Promoted Rear-Admiral on February 12th 1873.
Admiral Superintendent of H.M. Dockyard, Malta, from December 1875 until March 1878.
Promoted Vice-Admiral on March 9th 1878.
Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, 1882 to 1884.
Promoted Admiral on October 27th 1884.
Retired from the Royal Navy on October 30th 1884.
He was nominated a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1881, and a Knight Commander of the Order (K.C.B.) in 1887.
Fifty-two years of his life were spent in the Royal Navy, during which time he was never once on sick-leave; never wounded, though he served in ...
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