Fraser, Bruce Austin, 1st Baron of North Cape

Peerage of the United Kingdom

Date of birth:: February 5th, 1888 (Acton/Middlesex, Great Britain)
Date of death:: February 12th, 1981 (London, Great Britain)
Buried on:: Highgate (East) Cemetery
Nationality:: British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Lieutenant Commander
Unit:: HMS Resolution (09), Royal Navy
Awarded on:: June 30th, 1919

Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB)

Rank:: Rear-Admiral
Unit:: HMS Warspite (03), Royal Navy
Awarded on:: January 2nd, 1939

New Year honours

Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB)

Knights/Dames Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (K/DBE)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Vice-Admiral
Unit:: Third Sea Lord and Controller, Admiralty, British Government
Awarded on:: July 1st, 1941

HM birthday honours

Knights/Dames Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (K/DBE)

Grootofficier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (ON.2)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Vice-Admiral
Unit:: 2nd Battle Squadron, Royal Navy
Awarded on:: January 19th, 1943

For services to the Royal Netherlands Navy in the United Kingdom and the Far East.

Grootofficier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (ON.2)

Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Vice-Admiral
Unit:: Home Fleet, Royal Navy
Awarded on:: June 2nd, 1943

HM Birthday honours

Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB)

Grand Cross of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (GCB)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Acting Admiral
Unit:: HMS Duke of York (17), Royal Navy
Awarded on:: January 5th, 1944

For good services rendered in the pursuit and destruction of the Scharnhorst on the 26th December, 1943.

Grand Cross of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (GCB)

Orden Suvorova 1

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Admiral
Unit:: HMS Duke of York (17), Royal Navy
Awarded on:: February 29th, 1944

For distinguished services in the action which resulted in the sinking of the German Battleship Scharnhorst.

Sanct Olavs Orden Grand Cross

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Admiral
Awarded on:: January 13th, 1948

Distinguished Service Medal - Navy/USMC

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Admiral
Unit:: Pacific Fleet, Royal Navy

Grand Croix de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Storkors af Dannebrog

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

1914 Star

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

British War Medal 1914-1920

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Victory Medal 1914-1918

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

1939-1945 Star

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Atlantic Star

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Pacific Star

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Defence Medal 1939-1945

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

War Medal 1939-1945

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

- Page 9108 | Supplement 31461, 15 July 1919 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- Page 3 | Supplement 34585, 30 December 1938 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- Page 3737 | Supplement 35204, 27 June 1941 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- Page 396 | Supplement 35870, 15 January 1943 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- Page 147 | Issue 36316, 4 January 1944 | London Gazette | The Gazette
- Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 -- F

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