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- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans abstract "Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, KCB, DSO SGM (28 October 1881 – 20 August 1957), known as "Teddy" Evans, was a British naval officer and Antarctic explorer. He was seconded by the Navy to the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic in 1901-04, when he was 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.After the expedition he toured the country giving lectures, and was promoted to Commander on his return to naval duties 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 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 major 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 a 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 through the war, though he had officially retired from the Navy in 1941, and was made a peer in 1945.".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award Croix_de_guerre_1914%E2%80%931918_(France).
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award Distinguished_Service_Order.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award Freedom_of_the_City.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award Knights_Hospitaller.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award Legion_of_Honour.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award Legum_Doctor.
- 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 Trinity_House.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans award War_Medal_(Norway).
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans battle Battle_of_Dover_Strait_(1917).
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans battle World_War_I.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans birthDate "1881-10-28".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans birthPlace Marylebone.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans birthYear "1881".
- 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 of Captain 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 "Minesweeping and Fishery Protection Flotilla (Jul 1923-1926)".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans militaryCommand "The Nore (Dec 1935-Jan 1939)".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans occupation Civil_defense.
- 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 www.linwoodcemetery.org.nz.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans wikiPageExternalLink RN_officersE.html.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans wikiPageID "2296808".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans wikiPageRevisionID "605227719".
- 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 Distinguished_Service_Order.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans awards Legion_of_Honour.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans awards Legum_Doctor.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans awards Order_of_the_Bath.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans awards "Cavalier of the Military Order of Savoy, Italy;".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans awards "Commander of the Order of St. Olaf of Norway;".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans awards "Commander of the Order of the Crown of Belgium;".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans awards "Freeman of several British and Canadian communities;".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans awards "French Croix de Guerre;".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans awards "Knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem ;".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans awards "Norwegian War Medal for services during invasion of Norway; Younger Brother of Trinity House;".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans awards "Officer of the Order of Leopold, Belgium".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans awards "Order of the Tower and Sword, Portugal, 2nd Class;".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans awards "United States Navy Cross;".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans awards "medals for Antarctic exploration;".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans awards "medals for life-saving during the Hong Moh disaster".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans battles "- Dover Strait".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans battles "World War I".
- 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 birthDate "1881-10-28".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans birthPlace "London".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans caption "Evans in a 1914 press photograph, 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 Terra_Nova_Expedition.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans commands Minesweeping_and_Fishery_Protection_Flotilla.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans dateOfBirth "1881-10-28".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans dateOfDeath "1957-08-20".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans deathDate "1957-08-20".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans deathPlace "Norway".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans hasPhotoCollection Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans.
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans id "Mountevans+Edward+Ratcliffe+Garth+Russell+Evans+baron".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans laterwork "London Regional Commissioner for Civil Defence".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans laterwork "special naval attaché in Norway".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans name "Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans name "Lord 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 serviceyears "1886".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans shortDescription "Royal Navy admiral".
- Edward_Evans,_1st_Baron_Mountevans title Baron_Mountevans.