Tovey, John Cronyn, Lord of Langton Matravers

Date of birth:: March 7th, 1885 (London, United Kingdom)
Date of death:: January 12th, 1971 (Cosham/Portsmouth, United Kingdom)
Nationality:: British

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Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Lieutenant Commander
Unit:: HMS Onslow (1916), Royal Navy
Awarded on:: May 31st, 1916

For "the persistent and determined manner in which he attacked enemy ships" in the Batle of Jutland.

Order of St. Anna III class

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Commander
Unit:: HMS Onslow (1916), Royal Navy
Awarded on:: October 1st, 1917

"For distinguished services rendered during the war."

With swords

Croix de Guerre (1914-1918)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Commander
Unit:: HMS Ursa (1917), Royal Navy
Awarded on:: November 2nd, 1917

"For distinguished services rendered during the war"

Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Lieutenant Commander
Unit:: Royal Naval Staff College, Admiralty, British Government
Awarded on:: October 10th, 1919

Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB, Military Division)

Rank:: Rear-Admiral
Unit:: RN Barracks Chatham
Awarded on:: February 1st, 1937

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

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Acting Admiral
Unit:: Home Fleet, Royal Navy
Awarded on:: January 1st, 1941

As Commander-in-Chief

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

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

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Acting Admiral
Unit:: Home Fleet, Royal Navy
Awarded on:: October 14th, 1941

"For distinguished services in the masterly and determined action in which the German Battleship Bismarck was destroyed."

As Commander-in-Chief

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

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

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Admiral
Unit:: Home Fleet, Royal Navy
Awarded on:: April 13th, 1943

As Commander-in-Chief

Orden Suvorova 1

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Admiral
Unit:: Commander-in-Chief The Nore, Admiralty, British Government
Awarded on:: February 29th, 1944

"For distinguished services in securing the passage of convoys to the U.S.S.R"

Legion of Merit - Commander (LoM - C)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Admiral of the Fleet
Unit:: Commander-in-Chief The Nore, Admiralty, British Government
Awarded on:: May 28th, 1946

"For distinguished service to the Allied Cause throughout the war"

Basilikon Tagma toy Phoinikos - Grand Cross

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Admiral of the Fleet
Unit:: Commander-in-Chief The Nore, Admiralty, British Government
Awarded on:: April 15th, 1947

With swords

Basilikon Tagma toy Phoinikos - Grand Cross

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)

Defence Medal 1939-1945

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

War Medal 1939-1945

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

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