Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound
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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.
Early Life & Career
Mrs. Sheila de Molyns, the daughter of Pound's former admiral in Colossus acidly noted of his death: "It probably suited Churchill."[1]
Pound was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 March, 1926.
Pound was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 16 January, 1935, vice Preston.
Footnotes
- ↑ Sheila de Moleyns. Tape recording in possession of the Liddle Collection, University of Leeds.
Bibliography
- Dictionary of National Biography.
- "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 0850527651.
Service Record
Papers
| Naval Office | ||
| Preceded by Sir Roger Backhouse |
First Sea Lord 1939 – 1943 |
Succeeded by The Lord Cunningham |
Categories:
- 1877 births
- 1943 deaths
- Personalities
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Superb (1907)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. St. Vincent (1908)
- Naval Assistants to the First Sea Lord
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Colossus (1910)
- Assistant Directors of Plans
- Assistant Chiefs of the Naval Staff
- Rear-Admirals Commanding, Battle Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Commanders-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet
- First Sea Lords
- Royal Navy Admirals of the Fleet
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
