• British Commanders
• Postmaster (1942)

Date of birth:

August 29th, 1877 (Ventnor, Isle of Wight)

Date of death:

October 21st, 1943 (Royal Masonic Hospital, London)

Mentioned on:

Memorial Crematorium Golders Green

Nationality:

British

Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound was a senior Royal Navy officer who rose to become First Sea Lord during the first four years of the Second World War.

Born on the Isle of Wight, he entered the Navy in 1891 and specialized as a torpedo officer. During the First World War, he commanded HMS Colossus at the Battle of Jutland, where his ship helped sink the German cruiser Wiesbaden. He later worked at the Admiralty on operational planning, including the Zeebrugge Raid.

In the interwar years, Pound held a series of senior commands, including the battlecruiser Repulse, the Battle Cruiser Squadron, and the Mediterranean Fleet. By 1939 he had been promoted to Admiral of the Fleet and appointed First Sea Lord.

As Churchill’s closest naval adviser, Pound oversaw the Navy during critical early campaigns. He was credited with the victory in the Battle of the Atlantic, but his record was mixed: he was criticized for the failed Norwegian campaign (1940), the dismissal of Admiral Dudley North, and most notoriously for ordering the dispersal of Convoy PQ 17 in 1942, which led to heavy losses.

By 1943 his health had collapsed due to a brain tumour. He resigned in September and died the following month, on 21 October 1943 (Trafalgar Day). After a service in Westminster Abbey, his ashes were buried at sea in the Solent.

- 15 September 1898 – Promoted to Lieutenant
- 30 June 1909 – Promoted to Commander
- 31 December 1914 – Promoted to Captain
- 1 March 1926 – Promoted to Rear Admiral
- 1 March 1930 – Promoted to Vice Admiral
- 24 March 1936 – Promoted to Admiral
- 31 July 1939 – Promoted to Admiral of the Fleet

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