Rear-Admiral Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove was the first British Royal Navy officer of flag rank to be killed in the Second World War. An experienced staff officer and veteran of several actions of the First World War aboard the battlecruiser HMS Tiger, Blagrove had only just received his appointment as commander of the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Home Fleet when he was killed in the destruction of his flagship HMS Royal Oak by German submarine U-47.
- Occupation
- naval officer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- April 26, 1887
- Died
- October 14, 1939
