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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Pacific Station (redirect from Commander-in-Chief, Pacific)
America station was split, this responsibility was passed to the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific. In 1843, George Paulet, captain of Carysfort, took her out from...
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The Commander-in-Chief, Devonport, was a senior Royal Navy appointment first established in 1845. The office holder was the Port Admiral responsible for...
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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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Algernon Willis (category Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
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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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 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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Far East Fleet (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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Australia Station (redirect from Commander-in-Chief Australia Station)
Australia Station was under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station, whose rank varied over time. In the years following the establishment of...
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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, Portsmouth, was a senior commander of the Royal Navy for hundreds of years. The commanders-in-chief were based at premises in High...
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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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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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East Indies and China Station (redirect from Commander-in-Chief East Indies Station)
The Commander-in-Chief, East Indies and China was a formation of the Royal Navy from 1831 to 1865. Its naval area of responsibility was the Indian Ocean...
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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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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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Western Squadron (redirect from Commander-in-Chief, English Channel (1746-1854))
Squadron in 1746. The squadron was commanded by the Flag Officer with the dual title of Commander-in-Chief, English Channel and Commander-in-Chief, Western...
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The Commander in Chief, Dover was an operational commander of the Royal Navy. His subordinate units, establishments, and staff were sometimes informally...
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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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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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