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Revision as of 17:27, 17 July 2012
Admiral of the Fleet SIR Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., Royal Navy (29 August, 1877 – 21 October, 1943) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Contents
Early Life & Career
On 16 October, 1897, Pound was confirmed in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, dated 29 August, 1896.[1]
On 29 August, 1898, Pound was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.[2]
Pound was appointed to President, additional, as an Assistant to D.N.O.[3]
He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1909.[4]
Captain
On the occasion of the King's birthday he was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 3 June, 1919.[5]
Pound was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King George V on 1 January, 1925, vice Parker.[6]
Flag Rank
Pound was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 March, 1926.[7]
He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 15 May, 1930, vice Fuller.[8]
Pound was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 16 January, 1935, vice Preston.[9]
First Sea Lord
Pound was promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet on 31 July, 1939, vice Tyrwhitt.[10]
On 1 October, 1941, Pound was appointed First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to King George VI, vice Drax.[11]
Mrs. Sheila de Molyns, the daughter of Pound's former admiral in Colossus, acidly noted of his death: "It probably suited Churchill."[12]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26901. p. 5725. 19 October, 1897.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27000. p. 5195. 30 August, 1898.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 8 January, 1909. Issue 38851, col D, pg. 5.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 28263. p. 4857. 25 June, 1909.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31379. p. 7045. 3 June, 1919.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33015. p. 591. 27 January, 1925.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33139. p. 1650. 5 March, 1926.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33606. p. 3069. 16 May, 1930.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 34125. p. 458. 18 January, 1935.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 34651. p. 5393. 4 August, 1939.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 35309. p. 5962. 14 October, 1941.
- ↑ Sheila de Moleyns. Tape recording in possession of the Liddle Collection, University of Leeds.
Bibliography
- "Adml. of the Fleet Sir D. Pound" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 22 October, 1943. Issue 49683, col D, pg. 7.
- Brodhurst, Robin (2000). Churchill's Anchor: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O.. Barnsley: Leo Cooper. ISBN 0-85052-765-1.
Papers
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/44.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Frederic C. Dreyer |
Vice-Admiral Commanding, Battle Cruiser Squadron 1929 – 1931 |
Succeeded by Wilfred Tomkinson |
| Preceded by Sir Roger R. C. Backhouse |
First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff 1939 – 1943 |
Succeeded by Sir Andrew B. Cunningham |
- 1877 births
- 1943 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1891
- Royal Navy Torpedo Officers
- Assistants to the Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes (Royal Navy)
- Additional Naval Assistants to the First Sea Lord
- Captains of H.M.S. Colossus (1910)
- Assistant Directors of Plans (Royal Navy)
- Director of the Operations Division (Home) (Royal Navy)
- Captains of H.M.S. Repulse (1916)
- Directors of Plans (Royal Navy)
- Chiefs of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean
- Assistant Chiefs of Naval Staff
- Vice-Admirals Commanding the Battle Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Commanders-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet (Royal Navy)
- First Sea Lords
- First and Principal Naval Aides-de-Camp to King George VI
- Royal Navy Admirals of the Fleet
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
