Gilbert Jonathan Rowcliff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGilbert Jonathan Rowcliff
United States admiral
Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1881
Place of Birth: Peoria, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 15-Jul-1963
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Gilbert Jonathan Rowcliff
- Rear Admiral Gilbert Jonathan Rowcliff (July 22, 1881 – July 15, 1963) was an officer of the United States Navy during the First World War and the Second World War.
- After early service in the Far East he specialised in gunnery, serving in that capacity on many US Navy capital ships.
- During World War I he served with the US Naval Force sent to join the British Grand Fleet. After the war he took command of multiple heavy units of the US fleet, before being appointed Judge Advocate General of the Navy in 1936.
- Thereafter he commanded various cruiser squadrons of the Atlantic Fleet before his retirement at the end of World War II.
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