Burnett, Robert Lindsay "Bob"
- Date of birth:
- July 22nd, 1887 (Old Deer/Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom)
- Date of death:
- July 2nd, 1959 (Westminster/London, United Kingdom)
- Nationality:
- British
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Rank:
- Commander
- Awarded on:
- June 3rd, 1925
HM Birthday Honours
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Rear-Admiral
- Unit:
- Convoy PQ 18, British Merchant Navy
- Awarded on:
- December 1st, 1942
Operation EV
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Rear-Admiral
- Awarded on:
- March 16th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Vice-Admiral
- Unit:
- Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Fleet, Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- January 5th, 1944
Orden Suvorova 3
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Vice-Admiral
- Awarded on:
- April 11th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Vice-Admiral
- Awarded on:
- June 14th, 1945
HM Birthday Honours
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Vice-Admiral
- Awarded on:
- December 23rd, 1946
Basilikon Tagma toy Georgioya A - Grand Commander
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Admiral
- Awarded on:
- April 15th, 1947
With swords
- Rank:
- Admiral
- Unit:
- Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, R.N. Naval Bases, Royal Navy
- Awarded on:
- January 2nd, 1950
New Year '50 Honours
Ridder Grootkruis in de Orde van Oranje Nassau met zwaarden (ON.1x)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Admiral
- Awarded on:
- January 31st, 1950
Royal Degree No. 13 (19 March 1949)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo: Wikimedia Commons
- - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35805/supplement/5225/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35942/supplement/1261/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37119/supplement/2935/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36316/page/147/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37842/page/122/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37931/supplement/1675/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38797/supplement/5/data.pdf
- Nederlandse onderscheidingen aan Britse staatsburgers voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog
- Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 -- B
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