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{{AdmRN}} '''Alexander Cumming Gordon Madden''', (21 January, 1895 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{AdmRN}} {{SIR}} '''Alexander Cumming Gordon Madden''', K.C.B., C.B.E., R.N. (21 January, 1895 – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Madden was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1936.<ref>Madden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/91.|}}  f. 91.</ref>
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==World War II==
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Madden was promoted to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on 1 September, 1952 and placed on the Retired List on 9 February, 1956.<ref>Madden Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/91.|}}  f. 91.</ref>
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Revision as of 15:37, 14 July 2021

Admiral SIR Alexander Cumming Gordon Madden, K.C.B., C.B.E., R.N. (21 January, 1895 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Madden's father was a Clerk in Holy Orders.[1]

Madden was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 December, 1916.[2]

Madden was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 December, 1924.[3]

Madden was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1929.[4]

Madden was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1936.[5]

World War II

Madden was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 January, 1946.[6]

Madden was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 5 February, 1949.[7]

Madden was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 1 September, 1952 and placed on the Retired List on 9 February, 1956.[8]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
William E. Parry
Captain A/S
3 Jan, 1938[9]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Eric J. P. Brind
Captain of H.M.S. Birmingham
Mar, 1940[10] – Dec, 1941[11]
Succeeded by
Henry B. Crane
Preceded by
Sir Charles E. B. Simeon
Director of Naval Equipment
Mar, 1946 – Jun, 1948
Succeeded by
Cecil A. L. Mansergh
Preceded by
Sir Cecil H. J. Harcourt
Second Sea Lord
1950 – 1953
Succeeded by
Sir Guy H. E. Russell
Preceded by
Sir Maurice J. Mansergh
Commander in Chief, Plymouth Station
Nov, 1953[12] – 1955
Succeeded by
Sir Charles T. M. Pizey

Footnotes

  1. Madden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/91. f. 91.
  2. Madden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/91. f. 91.
  3. Madden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/91. f. 91.
  4. Madden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/91. f. 91.
  5. Madden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/91. f. 91.
  6. Madden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/91. f. 91.
  7. Madden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/91. f. 91.
  8. Madden Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/91. f. 91.
  9. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 314.
  10. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  11. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  12. Mansergh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/119/13. f. 13.