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Power, Arthur John

    Date of birth:
    April 12th, 1889
    Date of death:
    January 28th, 1960 (Gosport district/Hampshire, United Kingdom)
    Nationality:
    British (1801-present, Kingdom)

    Biography

    Promotions:
    15 January 1909: Acting Sub-Lieutenant
    10 September 1909: Sub-Lieutenant
    15 April 1910: Lieutenant
    31 April 1918: Lieutenant Commander
    31 December 1922: Commander
    30 June 1929: Captain
    25 June 1940: Rear-Admiral
    4 August 1943: Vice-Admiral
    December 1944: Acting Admiral
    6 May 1946: Admiral
    22 April 1952: Admiral of the Fleet

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    Rank:
    Captain
    Awarded on:
    January 29th, 1936
    Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Rear-Admiral
    Awarded on:
    July 1st, 1941

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    Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Rear-Admiral
    Awarded on:
    December 22nd, 194
    For services to the Polish Navy.
    Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Vice-Admiral
    Awarded on:
    December 21st, 1943
    For service during Operation Husky
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Vice-Admiral
    Awarded on:
    January 1st, 1944
    Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Vice-Admiral
    Awarded on:
    May 23rd, 1944
    For services during Operation Avalanche.
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Vice-Admiral
    Awarded on:
    June 15th, 1944
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Vice-Admiral
    Awarded on:
    October 31st, 1944
    For services during Operation Crimson.
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Acting Admiral
    Awarded on:
    January 1st, 1946
    Knights/Dames Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (K/DBE)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Acting Admiral
    Awarded on:
    January 29th, 1946
    Legion of Merit - Commander (LoM - C)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Admiral
    Awarded on:
    March 14th, 1949
    For services rendered to the Royal Netherlands Navy during the War as Commander-in-Chief, East Indie.
    Ridder Grootkruis in de Orde van Oranje Nassau met zwaarden (ON.1x)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Admiral
    Awarded on:
    January 2nd, 1950
    Grand Cross of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (GCB)

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