Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Sir Dudley Burton Napier North (1881 – 15 May 1961) GCVO, CB, CSI, CMG, RN was an Admiral of the Royal Navy who served during World War I and World War II. He was relieved of his command on the grounds of his failure, while naval commander at Gibraltar, to challenge a Vichy French naval squadron; this after he had narrowly escaped replacement in response to his earlier objection to the action at Mers-el-Kébir. He was later exonerated of blame. Ludovic Kennedy considers the failure to challenge the squadron the fault of people in London, not North."@en }
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- Dudley_Burton_Napier_North abstract "Sir Dudley Burton Napier North (1881 – 15 May 1961) GCVO, CB, CSI, CMG, RN was an Admiral of the Royal Navy who served during World War I and World War II. He was relieved of his command on the grounds of his failure, while naval commander at Gibraltar, to challenge a Vichy French naval squadron; this after he had narrowly escaped replacement in response to his earlier objection to the action at Mers-el-Kébir. He was later exonerated of blame. Ludovic Kennedy considers the failure to challenge the squadron the fault of people in London, not North.".