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- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans abstract "Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, KCB, DSO, SGM (28 October 1880 – 20 August 1957), known as "Teddy" Evans, was a British naval officer and Antarctic explorer.Evans was seconded from the Navy to the Discovery Expedition of the Antarctic in 1901–04, when he served on the crew of the relief ship, and afterwards began planning his own Antarctic expedition. However, he suspended this plan when offered the post of second-in-command on Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole in 1910–1913, as captain of the expedition ship Terra Nova. He accompanied Scott to within 150 miles of the Pole, but later became seriously ill with scurvy and only narrowly survived the return journey. Ironically, since the entire team that continued towards the Pole died, the life-threatening scurvy indirectly saved Evans' life.After the expedition he toured the country giving lectures, and returned to his naval duties as a Commander in the summer of 1914. He spent the First World War as a destroyer captain, becoming famous as "Evans of the Broke" after the Battle of Dover Strait in 1917. He commanded a cruiser at Hong Kong in 1921–22, where he was awarded a medal for his role in rescuing passengers from the wrecked-vessel Hong Moh, and then spent several years commanding the Home Fisheries Protection Squadron before being given command of the modern battlecruiser Repulse. He later commanded the Australian Squadron and the Africa Station before becoming Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, one of the Navy's senior Home Commands; during this time, unusually for a serving officer, he was also Rector of the University of Aberdeen.After four years at the Nore he handed over command in early 1939 and was appointed Civil Defence Commissioner for London during the preparations for the Second World War; after the German invasion of Norway he travelled there to liaise with King Haakon VII, a personal acquaintance. He remained in a civil defence role throughout the War, though he had officially retired from the Navy in 1941, and was raised to the Peerage in 1945, sitting in the House of Lords as a Labour member.".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award Croix_de_guerre_1914–1918_(France).
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award Distinguished_Service_Order.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award Hereditary_peer.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award Knights_Hospitaller.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award Legion_of_Honour.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award Military_Order_of_Savoy.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award Navy_Cross.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award Order_of_Leopold_(Belgium).
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award Order_of_St._Olav.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award Order_of_the_Bath.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award Order_of_the_Crown_(Belgium).
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award Order_of_the_Tower_and_Sword.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award SS_Hong_Moh.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award Sea_Gallantry_Medal.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award War_Medal_(Norway).
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans battle World_War_I.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans battle World_War_II.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans birthDate "1880-10-28".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans birthPlace Marylebone.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans birthYear "1880".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans deathDate "1957-08-20".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans deathPlace Norway.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans deathYear "1957".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans militaryCommand "Africa Station(Jan 1933 – Jul 1935)".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans militaryCommand "British Antarctic Expedition(1913, after death ofCaptain Scott)".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans militaryCommand "HM Australian Squadron(May 1929 – Feb 1931)".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans militaryCommand "HMS Broke(1917)".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans militaryCommand "HMS Carlisle(1921–1922)".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans militaryCommand "HMS Mohawk(1914)".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans militaryCommand "HMS Repulse(Jun 1926 – Jul 1927)".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans militaryCommand "HMS Viking(1915)".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans militaryCommand "Nore Command(Dec 1935 – Jan 1939)".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans militaryCommand "RN Minesweeping and Fishery Protection Flotilla(Jul 1923 – 1926)".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans occupation Civil_defense.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans occupation Military_attaché.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans occupation Trinity_House.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans relation Jeffrey_Richard_de_Corban_Evans.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans serviceEndYear "1941".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans serviceStartYear "1886".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans thumbnail Commander_Evans_5126121136_99388b2868_o.jpg?width=300.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans viafId "27850535".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans wikiPageExternalLink mountevans1945.htm.
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- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans wikiPageExternalLink www.linwoodcemetery.org.nz.
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- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans after Stafford_Cripps.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans after Studholme_Brownrigg.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans after "Commodore Leonard Holbrook".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans after Richard_Andvord_Evans,_2nd_Baron_Mountevans.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans awards "35".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans awards "and other medals for life-saving during the Hong Moh disaster; 35px UK Baron .".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans awards "medals for Antarctic exploration,".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans battles "World War I - Dover Strait".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans battles "World War II - Admiral".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans before Hugh_Tweedie.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans before Walter_Elliot_(Scottish_politician).
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans before "New creation".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans before "Rear Admiral George Hyde".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans birthPlace "London, UK".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans caption "Cdr Evans in a 1914-press photograph,".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans caption "shortly after his return from the Antarctic".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans commands Cape_of_Good_Hope_Station.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans commands Commander-in-Chief,_The_Nore.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans commands Commander_Australian_Fleet.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans commands HMS_Broke_(1914).
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans commands HMS_Carlisle_(D67).
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans commands HMS_Mohawk_(1907).
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans commands HMS_Repulse_(1916).
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans commands HMS_Viking_(1909).
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans commands Minesweeper.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans commands Terra_Nova_Expedition.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans dateOfBirth "1880-10-28".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans dateOfDeath "1957-08-20".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans deathDate "1957-08-20".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans deathPlace "Golå, Norway".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans hasPhotoCollection Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans laterwork "London Regional Commissioner for Civil Defence ;".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans laterwork "Special Naval Attaché to Norway ;".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans laterwork "Younger Brother of Trinity House.".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans name "Admiral The Lord Mountevans".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans name "Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans nickname ""Teddy"".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans placeOfBirth "Marylebone, London".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans placeOfDeath Norway.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans rank Admiral_(Royal_Navy).
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans relations "Ald the Hon Jeffrey Evans".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans serviceyears "1886".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans shortDescription "Royal Navy admiral".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans title Baron_Mountevans.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans title Cape_of_Good_Hope_Station.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans title Commander-in-Chief,_The_Nore.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans title Commander_Australian_Fleet.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans title Rector_of_the_University_of_Aberdeen.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans years "1929".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans years "1933".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans years "1935".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans years "1936".