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'''George Cuthbert Cayley''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB}} (30 August 1866 – 21 December 1944) was a British senior [[Royal Navy]] and [[Royal Air Force]] officer. Joining the Royal Navy in 1880, he commanded the boys' training ship {{HMS|St Vincent|1815|6}} (1904–1906), {{HMS|Blake|1889|6}} (1907), and {{HMS|Minotaur|1906|6}} (1910–1913). During the [[First World War]], he served as [[commodore]]-in-charge and then [[rear-admiral]]-in-charge of {{HMS|Ganges|shore establishment|6}}, a boys' training establishment in [[RNTE Shotley|Shotley]]. On 1 April 1918, he joined the newly created Royal Air Force (RAF) as a [[major-general]], and served as General Officer Commanding (GOC) No 5 Area and then GOC North Western Area. He relinquished his temporary commission in the RAF on 4 April 1919 and was placed on the retired list of the Royal Navy on 18 July 1919.<ref name="AoA">{{cite web |title=Major-General G C Cayley |url=http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Cayley.htm |website=Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation |accessdate=8 July 2019 |date=8 June 2017}}</ref><ref name="obit T">{{cite news |title=Admiral G. C. Cayley |work=[[The Times]] |issue=50024 |date=23 December 1944 |page=7}}</ref><ref name="TNA">{{cite web |title=Cayley, George Cuthbert |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8115484 |website=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]] |accessdate=8 July 2019}}</ref>▼
[[File:Rear-admiral George Cuthbert Cayley Cb Art.IWMART1727.jpg|thumb|right|Rear-Admiral G. C. Cayley, sketched in 1917, by [[Francis Dodd (artist)|Francis Dodd]].]]
[[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] '''George Cuthbert Cayley''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CB}} (30 August 1866 – 21 December 1944) was a British senior [[Royal Navy]] and [[Royal Air Force]] officer.
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In the [[1916 King's Birthday Honours]], he was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] (CB) in recognition of services during the First World War.<ref name="EG 5 June 1916">{{London Gazette |issue= 12947 |date= 5 June 1916 |page= 979 |city= Edinburgh }}</ref> He was also appointed an Officer of the ''[[Légion d'honneur]]'' by the President of France "for distinguished services rendered during the War".<ref name="LG 27 August 1918">{{London Gazette |issue= 30870 |date= 27 August 1918 |page= 10091 |supp= y }}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Harwich Force]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/George_Cuthbert_Cayley Dreadnought Project biography]
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