1. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur John Power was a Royal Navy officer.
17 Facts About Arthur Power
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Arthur Power took part in the First World War as a gunnery officer and saw action in the Dardanelles campaign.
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Arthur Power went on to be Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Fleet in the closing stages of the war and conducted naval strikes on the Imperial Japanese Army in Borneo and Malaya.
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Arthur Power was promoted to acting sub-lieutenant on 15 January 1909 and to lieutenant on 15 April 1910 on his appointment to the battlecruiser HMS Indomitable in the Home Fleet.
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Arthur Power became First Lieutenant in the destroyer HMS Nautilus in October 1912 and then attended HMS Excellent, the gunnery school at Portsmouth, in 1913.
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Arthur Power was promoted to lieutenant commander on 15 April 1918.
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Arthur Power joined the directing staff at the Royal Naval Staff College in 1927 and, having been promoted to captain on 30 July 1929, he joined the Ordnance Committee at the Royal Arsenal.
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Arthur Power became Flag Captain of the Second Cruiser Squadron in the Home Fleet in the cruiser HMS Dorsetshire in April 1931 and, having served on the directing staff at the Imperial Defence College in 1933, he became commanding officer of the gunnery school HMS Excellent in October 1935.
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Arthur Power was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order on 29 January 1936.
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Arthur Power went on to be commanding officer of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal in September 1937, and in that capacity, became Flag Captain to the Flag Officer commanding aircraft carriers in the Home Fleet in July 1939.
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Arthur Power was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire on 1 January 1946 and became Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel in February 1946.
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Arthur Power went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in May 1948 and, having been advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 2 January 1950, he became Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in September 1950.
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Arthur Power was appointed First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the King on 15 January 1951 and was double-hatted as NATO Allied Commander-in-Chief, Channel and Southern North Sea Command from 1952.
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Arthur Power attended the funeral of King George VI in February 1952 and was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on 22 April 1952.
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Arthur Power retired in September 1952 and became a Deputy Lieutenant of Southampton on 27 April 1953 shortly before attending the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953.
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Arthur Power died at the Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar on 28 January 1960.
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In 1918 Power married Amy Bingham; they had three sons.