page_title: Roger Backhouse
hierarchical_section_title: Roger Backhouse
caption_attribution_description: English: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Backhouse
context_page_description: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Roland Charles Backhouse GCB GCVO CMG 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, realising the immediate threat was closer to home 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.
context_section_description: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Roland Charles Backhouse GCB GCVO CMG (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.
caption: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Backhouse
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