Arthur John Power

Admiral of the Fleet SIR Arthur John Power, G.C.B., G.B.E., C.V.O., (12 April, 1889 – 28 January, 1960) served in the Royal Navy. His most complete Service Record is heavily damaged and faint in places.

Life & Career

Born in London, the son of merchant E. J. Pwer, Esq..

Power ranked 13th in merit of sixty cadets accepted in the May 1904 intake term at H.M.S. Britannia.

Power was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 April, 1910.

Great War

Power was appointed as gunnery officer in Magnificent on 27 August, 1914, leaving her in January, 1915.

Power was appointed as gunnery officer in Royal Arthur in January, 1915, leaving her on 28 March, 1915.

Power was appointed as gunnery officer in Raglan on 6 May, 1915, leaving her on 17 August, 1917 to provide that function in Princess Royal. Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 April, 1918, Power remained with Princess Royal until she paid off on 17 October, 1919.

Post-war

Power was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1922.

Power was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1929.

Power was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 25 June, 1940.

He was promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet and re-appointed as First and Principal Aide-de-Camp to the King on 22 April, 1952.

See Also

• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Frederic G. Schurr	Captain of H.M.S. Eden 29 Jul, 1914 – 27 Aug, 1914	Succeeded by Ambrose M. Peck
Preceded by Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot	Naval Member of the Ordnance Committee 24 Jul, 1929 – 31 Mar, 1931	Succeeded by Charles A. A. Larcom
Preceded by Isham W. Gibson	Captain of H.M.S. Dorsetshire 13 Apr, 1931 – Aug, 1933	Succeeded by William T. Makeig-Jones
Preceded by Arthur F. Pridham	Captain of H.M.S. Excellent 30 Oct, 1935 – 20 Sep, 1937	Succeeded by Harold M. Burrough
Preceded by Philip Louis Vian	Rear-Admiral Commanding, Fifteenth Cruiser Squadron 12 Jul, 1942 – 28 May, 1943	Succeeded by Cecil H. J. Harcourt
Preceded by Sir Stuart S. Bonham-Carter	Admiral Superintendent, Malta Dockyard 7 May, 1943 – 24 Sep, 1943	Succeeded by Louis H. K. Hamilton
Preceded by ?	Second in Command, East Indies Station 1 Dec, 1943	Succeeded by Harold T. C. Walker as Second in Command, East Indies Fleet
Preceded by Henry D. Pridham-Wippell	Vice-Admiral Commanding, First Battle Squadron 1 Dec, 1943	Succeeded by Sir Charles S. Daniel
Preceded by Sir Geoffrey Layton as Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet	Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Nov, 1944 – Dec, 1945	Succeeded by Sir Clement Moody
Preceded by Sir Algernon U. Willis	Second Sea Lord Feb, 1946 – Mar, 1948	Succeeded by Sir Cecil H. J. Harcourt
Preceded by Sir Algernon U. Willis	Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth Station Sep, 1950 – Sep, 1952	Succeeded by Sir John H. Edelsten