The Commander-in-Chief, Levant was a senior administrative shore commander of the Royal Navy. The post was established in February 1943 when the British...
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Henry Harwood (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
became Commander-in-Chief, Levant, in February 1943, with responsibility for flank support and seaborne supply of the British Eighth Army. In April 1944...
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The Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, was an operational commander of the Royal Navy. His subordinate units, establishments, and staff were sometimes informally...
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Sicily in July 1943 and then the Allied invasion of Italy in September 1943. Willis spent the final years of the war as Commander-in-Chief, Levant, in which...
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Home Fleet (redirect from Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet)
the additional appointment of Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, and allotted a rear-admiral to serve under him as commander of the Home Squadron. "... the...
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Mediterranean Fleet (redirect from Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Fleet)
Mediterranean Squadron. In February 1943 all existing shore based commands were transferred under the Commander-in-Chief, Levant until January 1944 they...
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Rear-Admiral, Alexandria (redirect from Commander, Levant Area)
Second World War, subordinate to the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet then later the Commander-in-Chief, Levant. The Navy List for 1940, 1941, and...
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Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel by an order in council dated 23 October. The posts of Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home Command...
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The Commander-in-Chief, China, was the admiral in command of what was usually known as the China Station, at once both a British Royal Navy naval formation...
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British Pacific Fleet (redirect from Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet)
Commander-in-Chief of the British Eastern Fleet and hoisted it in the gunboat Tarantula, a worn out ship in use as offices, as Commander-in-Chief British Pacific...
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2°59′36″W / 53.4074°N 2.9932°W / 53.4074; -2.9932 Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches was the commander of a major operational command of the Royal Navy...
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Far East Fleet (United Kingdom) (redirect from Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Fleet)
In 1971 the Far East Fleet was abolished and its remaining forces returned home, coming under the command of the new, unified, Commander-in-Chief Fleet...
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was commanded by Commanders-in-Chief whose titles changed with the changing of the formation's name, eventually by the Commander-in-Chief, America and West...
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Britannia Royal Naval College (redirect from Commander Royal Naval College Dartmouth)
Dartmouth was rated by Ofsted as inadequate. Amanda Spielman, Ofsted's Chief Inspector, said Dartmouth received the rating due to the poor state of the...
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The Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland was both an admiral's post and a naval formation of the Royal Navy. It was based at Queenstown, now Cobh, in Ireland...
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the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet then later the Commander-in-Chief, Levant. The post of Commodore-in-Charge, Algiers was established in December...
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British Royal Navy. Created in 1744 by the Admiralty, it was under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies. Even in official documents, the term...
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Royal Navy (category IMDb title ID not in Wikidata)
courageous armed forces of which You are Commander-in-Chief, is extraordinary."] MoD Website: people – First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff Archived 22 November...
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The Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, was a senior commander of the Royal Navy for hundreds of years. Plymouth Command was a name given to the units, establishments...
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Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands (1743–1821), Commander-in-Chief, Levant, (1941-late 1940s) Commander-in-Chief, Medway, (1698-1699) Commander-in-Chief...
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that the British Commander-in-Chief, Levant, received a letter from Godfroy expressing the desire "to join the French Navy in North Africa". Docking of the...
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Grand Fleet (category 1914 establishments in the United Kingdom)
Vice Admiral Francis Miller, the Base Admiral in Chief from 7 August 1914, devolving on the commander in chief, Admiral John Jellicoe. To relieve the administrative...
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Rosyth Dockyard (redirect from Naval Base Commander Rosyth)
refitting of Royal Navy surface vessels and submarines. Before its privatisation in the 1990s it was formerly the Royal Naval Dockyard Rosyth. Its primary role...
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The Commander-in-Chief South Atlantic was an operational commander of the Royal Navy from 1939. The South American area was added to his responsibilities...
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Henri Dentz (category High Commissioners of the Levant)
born in Roanne, Loire, France. As Commander in Chief of the Army of the Levant (Armée du Levant) and as High Commissioner of the Levant, Dentz was in charge...
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The First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff (1SL/CNS) is a statutory position in the British Armed Forces usually held by an admiral. As the highest-ranking...
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British Forces Gibraltar (redirect from Commander British Forces Gibraltar)
East of Suez or in Africa. British Forces Gibraltar as a formation was established in mid-1992 after the last Royal Navy-lead commander, Rear Admiral Geoffrey...
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Jamaica Station (Royal Navy) (redirect from Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Station)
objectives in the early years were to defend Jamaica and to harass Spanish ports and shipping. In the late 1720s three successive commanders of the station...
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The Commander-in-Chief, Africa was the last title of a Royal Navy's formation commander located in South Africa from 1795 to 1939. Under varying titles...
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Admiralty (United Kingdom) (category 1964 disestablishments in the United Kingdom)
1914. Sir John Jellicoe came to the Admiralty in 1916. He re-organized the war staff as following: Chief of War Staff, Operations, Intelligence, Signal...
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