Berwick Curtis

Vice-Admiral Berwick Curtis CB CMG DSO & Bar (9 October 1876 – 9 May 1965) was a British Royal Navy officer.

During World War I he was promoted captain in 1916, mentioned in dispatches for his services at the Battle of Jutland,[3] awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in May 1917[4] and bar in October 1917,[5] and appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1919 New Year Honours.

[9] The citation for his mention in despatches in March 1920 reads: For valuable service in command of the Twentieth Destroyer Flotilla in the Baltic.

The success of the operations connected with the relief of Riga was largely due to the perfect accord and co-operation which existed between the British Naval Forces under Captain Curtis and the French Naval Forces under Commodore Brisson.

[10]He was promoted rear-admiral in 1928 and was appointed rear-admiral-in-charge and admiral-superintendent of Gibraltar Dockyard the following year.