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Pound, Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers

Date of birth:
August 29th, 1877 (Ventnor, Isle of Wight)
Date of death:
October 21st, 1943 (Royal Masonic Hospital, London)
Nationality:
British

Biography

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
H.M.S. Colossus (1910), Royal Navy
Awarded on:
September 15th, 1916
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
Director, Operations Division (Home), Admiralty, British Government
Awarded on:
December 12th, 1919
Distinguished Service Medal - Navy/USMC
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
Director, Operations Division (Home), Admiralty, British Government
Awarded on:
December 12th, 1919
Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Captain
Unit:
Director, Operations Division (Home), Admiralty, British Government
Awarded on:
June 3rd, 1919
Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB, Military Division)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Vice-Admiral
Awarded on:
June 3rd, 1930
Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB, military division)
Rank:
Admiral
Awarded on:
July 23rd, 1937
Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Admiral
Awarded on:
January 2nd, 1939
Grand Cross of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (GCB, military division)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Admiral of the Fleet
Unit:
First Sea Lord, Admiralty, British Government
Awarded on:
October 13th, 1942
Sanct Olavs Orden Grand Cross
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Admiral of the Fleet
Unit:
First Sea Lord, Admiralty, British Government
Awarded on:
December 22nd, 1942
Order Odrodzenia Polski Wielki
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Admiral of the Fleet
Unit:
First Sea Lord, Admiralty, British Government
Awarded on:
September 3rd, 1943
Order of Merit

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