Geoffrey Spicer-Simson
Royal Navy officer
Died when: 71 years 14 days (852 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Captain Geoffrey Basil Spicer-Simson DSO, RN (15 January 1876 – 29 January 1947) was a Royal Navy officer.He served in the Mediterranean, Pacific and Home Fleets.
He is most famous for his role as leader of a naval expedition to Lake Tanganyika in 1915, where he commanded a small flotilla which defeated a superior German force during the Battle for Lake Tanganyika.
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