Rear-Admiral Henry Blagrove
...that Rear-Admiral Henry Blagrove, who died in the destruction of HMS Royal Oak in October 1939, was the first Royal Navy flag officer killed in the Second World War?
...that <b id="mwCn4"><a href="./Henry_Blagrove" id="mwCn8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Henry Blagrove">Rear-Admiral Henry Blagrove</a></b>, who died in the destruction of <a href="./HMS_Royal_Oak_(08)" id="mwCoA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="HMS Royal Oak (08)">HMS <i id="mwCoE">Royal Oak</i></a> in October 1939, was the first <a href="./Royal_Navy" id="mwCoI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> <a href="./Flag_officer" id="mwCoM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Flag officer">flag officer</a> killed in the <a href="./World_War_II" id="mwCoQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">Second World War</a>?