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Pound, Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers
- Date of birth:
- August 29th, 1877 (Ventnor, Isle of Wight)
- Date of death:
- October 21st, 1943 (Royal Masonic Hospital, London)
- Nationality:
- British (1801-present, Kingdom)
Biography
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Mentioned in Dispatches
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Unit:
- H.M.S. Colossus (1910), Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- September 15th, 1916
Distinguished Service Medal - Navy/USMC
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Unit:
- Director, Operations Division (Home), Admiralty, British Government
- Awarded on:
- December 12th, 1919
Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Unit:
- Director, Operations Division (Home), Admiralty, British Government
- Awarded on:
- December 12th, 1919
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Unit:
- Director, Operations Division (Home), Admiralty, British Government
- Awarded on:
- June 3rd, 1919
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Vice-Admiral
- Awarded on:
- June 3rd, 1930
- Rank:
- Admiral
- Awarded on:
- July 23rd, 1937
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Admiral
- Awarded on:
- January 2nd, 1939
Sanct Olavs Orden Grand Cross
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Unit:
- First Sea Lord, Admiralty, British Government
- Awarded on:
- October 13th, 1942
Order Odrodzenia Polski Wielki
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Unit:
- First Sea Lord, Admiralty, British Government
- Awarded on:
- December 22nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Unit:
- First Sea Lord, Admiralty, British Government
- Awarded on:
- September 3rd, 1943
Sources
- Photo 1: National Portrait Gallery (Public Domain)
- - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34420/page/4733
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31379/supplement/7045
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33946/supplement/3801
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34585/supplement/3
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36158/page/3935
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35743/supplement/4450/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35833/supplement/5569/data.pdf
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