caption serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
sir john de robeck 1875 -- 1924 22px royal navy hms '' mermaid '' hms '' carnarvon '' hms '' dominion '' '' 9th cruiser squadron eastern mediterranean squadron 3rd battle squadron desperate 2nd battle squadron commander-in-chief , mediterranean fleet commander-in-chief , atlantic '' fleet hms '' angler '' hms london , england , united kingdom 20 january 1928 -lrb- aged 65 -rrb- naas , county kildare , ireland united kingdom united kingdom knight knight grand cross of the order of st michael and grand st george knight grand cross of the royal victorian order cross of the order of the bath world war i 10 june 1862 admiral of the fleet john michael de robeck.jpg john de robeck
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admiral of the fleet sir john michael de robeck , 1st baronet gcb , gcmg , gcvo -lrb- 10 june 1862 -- 20 january 1928 -rrb- was royal navy officer .
in the early years of the 20th century he served as admiral of patrols , commanding four flotillas of destroyers .
de robeck commanded the allied naval force in the dardanelles during the first world war .
his campaign to force the straits , launched on 18 march 1915 , was nearly successful , as the turkish land-based artillery almost ran out of ammunition : however , mines laid in the straits led to the loss of three allied battleships .
the subsequent ground campaign , like the naval campaign , was ultimately a failure and the ground troops had to be taken off the gallipoli peninsula by de robeck on the night of 8 january 1916 .
he went on to become commander of the 3rd battle squadron of the grand fleet and then commander of the 2nd battle squadron of the grand fleet .
after the war de robeck became commander-in-chief , mediterranean fleet and british high commissioner to turkey , and then commander-in-chief , atlantic fleet .
