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John Green (Royal Navy officer)
Admiral Sir John Frederick Ernest Green KCMG CB (8 August 1866 – 30 October 1948) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.
==Naval career==
Green joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1882,〔(Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945 )〕 was promoted to Lieutenant in 1890 and went on to command the gunboat HMS ''Pigmy'' during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 for which role he was mentioned in despatches and promoted to Commander 1 January 1901.〔(Private Enterprise ) Naval Review, February 1949〕 He was appointed in command of the destroyer HMS ''Mermaid'' on 13 June 1901, and used this as flagship when he was in charge of the Medway Instructional Flotilla. In May 1902 he transferred with all officers and men to the destroyer HMS ''Racehorse'', which was commissioned for the instructional flotilla.
He served in World War I taking part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916 as Captain of the Battlecruiser HMS ''New Zealand'' (flagship to the Rear-Admiral Commanding the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron).〔(Royal Navy Honours and Gallantry Awards )〕 He continued his war service as Senior Naval Officer on the River Clyde from October 1917.〔Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (June, 1918). p. 4.〕 After the War he became Rear Admiral in the White Sea〔Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (November, 1918). p. 7.〕 and then Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland from 1922 before retiring in 1925.
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