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Palliser, Arthur Francis Eric

    Date of birth:
    July 20th, 1890 (Richmond/Surrey, Groot-Brittannië)
    Date of death:
    February 22nd, 1956 (Kensington/London, Great Britain)
    Nationality:
    British (1801-present, Kingdom)

    Biography

    Arthur Palliser was educated at Royal Navy College Dartmore and saw considerbale action durig WW1 for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and Croix de Guerre avec Palme.
    In the interwar years he moved up the ranks. In 1940-1941 he commanded HMS Malaya and was Aide de Camp to the King
    In 1941, he was appointed Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief of the British Eastern Fleet, Admiral Sir Thomas Phillips. During early 1942, as a Rear Admiral, Palliser became Deputy Commander of Naval Forces, in the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM) — a short-lived joint command for Allied forces in South East Asia and the South West Pacific — under the US Admiral Thomas C. Hart and the Dutch admiral Conrad Helfrich. Later that year, he was appointed Flag Officer and Fortress Commander at Trincomalee and also served in a staff position with the Royal Indian Navy at New Delhi.
    During 1943, he returned to the UK to command the 1st Cruiser Squadron.
    In 1944, Palliser was made Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport, a position he held until 1946. From 1946 he held the position of Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.
    Palliser retired in 1948

    Promotions:
    1907: Midshipman
    ?: Acting Sub-Lieutenant
    December 28th, 1910: Sub Lieutenant
    March, 15th, 1911: Lieutenant
    March 15th, 1919: Lieutenant Commander
    December 31st, 1924: Commander
    June 30th, 1931: Captain
    July 8th, 1941: Rear-Admiral
    February 2nd, 1944: Vice-Admiral
    May 16th, 1947: Admiral
    September 2nd, 1948: retirement at his own request

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Rear-Admiral
    Awarded on:
    January 19th, 1943
    Citation:
    "For services to the Royal Netherlands Navy in the United Kingdom and the Far East."
    Grootofficier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (ON.2)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Rear-Admiral
    Awarded on:
    February 2nd, 1943
    Citation:
    "For good services in the South West Pacific."
    Mentioned in Dispatches
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Rear-Admiral
    Awarded on:
    June 2nd, 1943
    Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Vice-Admiral
    Awarded on:
    January 1st, 1945
    Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB)

    Sources

    • - Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 35870 published on the 15 January 1943
      - Fourth Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 35887 published on the 29 January 1943 -Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36033 published on the 28 May 1943
      - Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36866 published on the 29 December 1944
      - Dix Noonan Webb
      - Wikipedia

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