Arthur Power

Sir Arthur John Power
Sir Arthur John Power
	File:Arthurjpower.jpg Sir Arthur Power
Born	12 April 1889
Died	28 January 1960 (aged 70)
Place of death	Brambridge, Hampshire, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1904–1953
Rank	Admiral of the Fleet
Commands held	Gunnery School, Portsmouth HMS Excellent (3 Oct 1935 - Jul 1937); HMS Ark Royal 17 Jan 1938 - 26 Jul 1938; 15th Cruiser Squadron (1 Aug 1942 - May 1943); Flag Officer, Malta HMS St. Angelo (7 May 1943 - Aug 1943); 1st Battle Squadron & Second-in-Command, Eastern Fleet (1 Dec 1943 - Jun 1944); East Indies Station (22 Nov 1944 - Jul 1945); Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Chief of Naval Personnel (Second Sea Lord) (27 Feb 1946 - 1948); Mediterranean Station (13 May 1948 - May 1950); Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth (18 Oct 1950 – 17 Oct 1952); Naval Commander-in-Chief, Home (designate) (1951 - 1952); Allied Commander in Chief, Channel and Southern North Sea Command (1952)
Battles/wars	World War I; World War II; Allied invasion of Sicily; Allied invasion of Italy; Air attacks on Sabang; Surabaya; Operation Crimson;
Awards	GCB; GBE; CVO; MID 4 times; LM; Order of Orange-Nassau; Knight of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
Other work	First and Principal Naval Aide-de-camp to King George VI (15 Jan 1951 – 24 Apr 1952) & to Queen Elizabeth (Jan - Apr 1952); Deputy Lieutenant, Southampton (27 Apr 1953)

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur John Power GCB, GBE, CVO (12 April 1889 – 28 January 1960) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service in World War I and World War II.

Naval career[]

Power joined the Royal Navy in 1909 and served in World War I.^[1] He became Commander of HMS Excellent, the Gunnery School at Portsmouth, in 1935^[2] and went on to command HMS Ark Royal in 1938.^[2]

He served in World War II as Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff from 1940 and as Commander of 15th Cruiser Squadron from 1942.^[2] He was appointed Flag Officer in charge of Malta in 1943 and Second in Command of the Eastern Fleet later in the year.^[2] In November 1944 he became Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station^[2] which had been formed from the former Eastern Fleet.^[3] Power was present at the final surrender of the Japanese in Singapore in September 1945.^[4]

After the War he was made Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel and then Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet from 1948.^[2] He was made Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in 1950 and Naval Commander-in-Chief, Home (designate) in 1951.^[2] Finally he became Allied Commander-in-Chief, Channel and Southern North Sea Command in 1952.^[2] He retired in 1953.^[5]

In 1918 he married Amy Bingham; they had three sons (including Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Mackenzie Power).^[5] Following the death of his first wife he married Margaret Joyce Watson in 1947.^[5]

Honours and awards[]

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (2 Jan 1950, New Year Honours); KCB (1 Jan 1944, New Year Honours); CB (1 Jul 1941, King's Birthday Honours)^[5]
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire 1 January 1946 (New Year Honours)^[5]
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (29 Jan 1936)^[5]
Mention in Despatches (21 Dec 1943, Operation Husky), (23 May 1944, Operation Avalanche), (15 Jun 1944, ArSksSbng&Sbya Apr-May 1944); 31 Oct 1944, Operation Crimson)^[5]
Polonia Restituta 3rd class (Poland) (22 Dec 1942, services to Polish Navy)^[5]
Commander of the Legion of Merit (US) (29 Jan 1946)^[5]
Grand Cross of the Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands) (15 Mar 1949) (services to Royal Netherlands Navy)^[5]
Knight of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (1 Jan 1951)^[5]

References[]

↑ U-boat.net: Commanders
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
↑ Pacific Ocean Campaigns
↑ The final surrender The Independent, 20 August 1995
↑ ^5.00 ^5.01 ^5.02 ^5.03 ^5.04 ^5.05 ^5.06 ^5.07 ^5.08 ^5.09 ^5.10 Houtermann, Hans. "Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 - P". Unit-histories. http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersP2.html. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Bruce Fraser	Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station 1944–1945	Succeeded by Sir Clement Moody
Preceded by Sir Algernon Willis	Second Sea Lord 1946–1948	Succeeded by Sir Cecil Harcourt
Preceded by Sir Algernon Willis	Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet 1948–1950	Succeeded by Sir John Edelsten
Preceded by Sir Algernon Willis	Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth 1950–1952	Succeeded by Sir John Edelsten
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Henry Moore	First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp 1949–1952	Succeeded by Sir Rhoderick McGrigor

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[1] U-boat.net: Commanders

[lh-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

[3] Pacific Ocean Campaigns

[4] The final surrender The Independent, 20 August 1995

[unit-5] 5.00 ^5.01 ^5.02 ^5.03 ^5.04 ^5.05 ^5.06 ^5.07 ^5.08 ^5.09 ^5.10 Houtermann, Hans. "Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 - P". Unit-histories. http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersP2.html. Retrieved 9 May 2011.

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