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FLAG OFFICERS IN COMMISSION, Etc.— ccmtd.
Stations.
Flag-Ships
or Ship
borne in.
Flag-Officers,
Officer* Commanding
Squadrons, etc.
( 1 ) A ppointei
(2) Assumed
Command.
(I) Chief of Stiff,
Chief Staff Officer
or Flag Captain,
(2) Flag Lieut.-
Com. or Lieut.
Secretaries.
EASTERN
FLEET
4th Cruiser
Squadron
Destroyer
Flotilla
Deputy C.-in-C.
E.F.
Persian Gulf
HORMUZ
Trincomalee
Chittagong
Ceylon
Basra
E. Africa
Tana
Seychelles
DiegC Suarez
"AUSTRALIAN
SQUADRON
Sydney
Euphrates
Adria
Highflyer
Braganza
Lanka
Euphrates
Tana
Kipanga
On shore at
Port Tetvfik
(Borne in
'Stag')
Sheba
Ironclad -
Penguin
Admiral Sir James F. Somer- il) 12 Feb 42
ville, ktb, kbe, dso, (ret) (2) 26 Mar 42
(Commander - in - Chief
Eastern Fleet)
Rear-Admiral A. D. Read
(Rear- Admiral Commanding
4th Cruiser Squadron)
Commodore S. H. T. Arliss
dso (Commodore Command
ing Eastern Fleet Destroyer
Flotillas)
Vice-Admiral V. H. Danck-
werts [act) (ret) (Deputy
Commander - in - Chief
Eastern Fleet)
Commodore C. F. Hammill
(ret) (Senior Naval Officer)
Captain H. T. Strawbridge
(act (ret) (N.O.-in-Charge)
Captain L. S. Saunders, dso
{N.O.-in-Charge, Trinco
ma lee)
Captain V. P. Busbridge (act)
(ret) (N.O.-in-Charge)
Rear-Admiral R. S. G. Nichol-
son, dso, dsc (Flag Officer
Ceylon)
Captain C. H. Corser, rin (ret)
(N.O.-in-Charge)
Rear-Admiral C. G. Stuart
dso, dsc (F.O. East Africa
Rear-Admiral F. Elliott, obf
(ret) (Commodore Naval Air
Stations, East Africa)
Vice- Admiral R. H. C. Halli
fax, cb (Flag Officer Com-
manding, Red Sea and Canal
Area)
Commander J. M Chaplin (ret)
(N.O.-in-Charge)
Captain E. F. B. Law (ret)
(N.O.-in-Charge Diego Suarez)
IDG Rear-Admiral V. A. C.
Crutchlev, nso (Rear-
Admiral Commanding Aus-
tralian Squadron)
Rear-Admiral C. Muirhead
Gould, dsc (ret) (Rear
Admiral-in-Charge, Sydnev.
and Principal Sea Trans-
port Officer, New South
Wales)
1) 15 Oct 43
(1) 9 June 42
(1)27 May 42
(1) 1 July 43
(1)
m
1)20 Jan 42
3 Sept 42
(1) Commodore
R. A. B. Edwards,
CBE
Lieut. H. L. St. G
Carey, rnvr
(2) Lieut. P. D. L
Milligan
( 1 ) Commander W. F
Humphery (act) (ref)
(1) Captain C. A.
Merriman (act)
(ret)
(1) Captain P. C. W
Manwaring
Pavm. Capt.
A. W. Lay-
bourne, OBE.
(act)
Paym. Lieut. -
Com. A.
Woodifield
Paym. Lieut.-
Com, P. H.
Williams
Paym. Com.
H. C. Lyddon
(act)
Pavm.
Lieul.-Com.
E. A. May
(1) 10 Aug 43
(1) 1 Apr 41
(2) 18 May 42
(1) 1 July 41
— 42
(1) 30 Mar 42
(2) 13 June 42
(1) 3 Feb 40
(2\ 1 Apr 40
(1) Captain G. H
Brady (ret) (Flag
Captiin)
Captain C. F. Bush
(act) (ret) (Chief
Staff Officer)
(2) Lieut. J. C.
Mason, rnvr
(1) Captain H. B.
Farncomb, mvo,
ran
(2) Lieut.-Com. J. L.
Bath, ran
'aym. Lieut.-
Com. M. A.
Tash (act)
Paym. Lieut.
M. Sehmer
Pavm. Lieut.,
R.N.R.,
Dakeyne
Paym. Com.
A.T. Phillips
Paym. Com.
P. Perry,
Paym. - Com.
E. H.Leilch
RAN
F. E. Boutcher
(act)
(civilian)
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