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Nov 24, 1878 Middleton Tyas, England, United Kingdom Died on 15 Jul 1939 (aged 60)
Royal Navy admiral of the fleet
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About Roger Backhouse
- Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Roland Charles Backhouse (24 November 1878 – 15 July 1939) was a Royal Navy officer.
- He served in the First World War as a cruiser commander and after the war became a battle squadron commander and later Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet.
- Becoming First Sea Lord in November 1938, his major contribution in that role was to abandon the official British policy of sending a major fleet to Singapore to deter Japanese aggression (the Singapore strategy), realising the immediate threat was closer to home (from Germany and Italy) and that such a policy was no longer viable.
- He died from a brain tumour in July 1939 just before the outbreak of the Second World War.
