David Beatty

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British military officer Royal Navy admiral human

David Beatty was a prominent British Royal Navy admiral of World War I, best known for his aggressive leadership in major naval engagements.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British military officer → Royal Navy admiral → human →
allegiance	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED →
awardReceived	Distinguished Service Order → Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath → Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order → Order of Merit →
birthDate	1871-01-17 →
burialPlace	St Paul’s Cathedral →
conflict	Second Boer War → World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	1936-03-12 →
education	Royal Navy training ship HMS Britannia →
endTimeOfService	1927 →
familyName	Beatty →
fullName	David Richard Beatty →
givenName	David →
honorificSuffix	1st Earl Beatty →
knownFor	Aggressive leadership in naval engagements during World War I → Command of British battlecruisers at Jutland → Influence on interwar Royal Navy policy →
memberOf	Privy Council of the United Kingdom →
militaryBranch	Royal Navy →
militaryRank	Admiral of the Fleet →
monarchServed	George V →
nobleTitle	Baron Beatty → Earl Beatty → Viscount Borodale →
notableWork	Command at the Battle of Dogger Bank (1915) → Command of British battlecruisers at the Battle of Jutland → Service at the Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914) →
placeOfBirth	Stapeley, Cheshire, England →
placeOfDeath	London, England →
positionHeld	Commander, Battlecruiser Fleet → Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet → First Sea Lord →
promotedToRank	Admiral → Admiral of the Fleet → Rear Admiral → Vice Admiral →
religion	Anglicanism →
signature	Signature of David Beatty (image) →
spouse	Ethel Tree →
startTimeOfService	1884 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Dogger Bank → Battle of Jutland → Grand Fleet ("Sir David Beatty") →	commander
Grand Fleet ("Admiral Sir David Beatty") → North Sea theatre of World War I ("Admiral David Beatty") →	notableCommander
David Beatty ("David Richard Beatty") →	fullName