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Calthorpe

SIR SOMERSET AR- THUR-GOUGH, British Admiral; born in 1864. He entered the Royal Navy in 1878 and became a Captain in 1902 and a Vice-Admiral in 1917. He commanded the Second Cruiser Squadron, 1914-1916, and was in charge in the Ægean Sea at the time that Turkey sought an armistice. This was arranged by him to be signed at the island of Mudros, and his was one of the names inscribed on the document.

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