Bertram Mordaunt Chambers
Admiral Bertram Mordaunt Chambers, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (3 October, 1866 – 27 April, 1945) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
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Early Life & Career
At the examination for naval cadetships Chambers placed twenty-seventh out of thirty-seven successful candidates.[1]
Chambers was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1889.[2]
Chambers was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1900.[3]
Chambers was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1905.[4]
Appointed Captain of Bulwark 12 February 1907.[5]
Great War
Chambers was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 27 April, 1917. He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 28 April.[6] On 19 July he was appointed to President as P.C.O. & S.N.O. Escorts Halifax (Principal Convoy Officer and Senior Naval Officer, Escorts, Halifax) based at Sydney, Nova Scotia.[7] He arrived at Sydney on 3 August, 1917.[8]
In September, 1918, he and his staff were transferred to Quebec.[9]
Writing in The Naval Review in 1920, Chambers wrote:
The writer, now retired, considers that he received, very fully, the reward of his deserts, but he thinks that he could have done better and more valuable work for his country had his energies been directed into channels more in co~nformity with his talents.[10]
Retirement
Chambers was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 1 May, 1922,[11] and to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 8 November, 1926.[12]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 25 June, 1879. Issue 29603, col E, p. 7.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 25917. p. 1865. 2 April, 1889.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27263. p. 82. 4 January, 1901.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27870. p. 25. 2 January, 1906.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 11 February, 1907. Issue 38253, col E, p. 6.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30042. p. 4095. 1 May, 1917.
- ↑ ADM 196/42. f. 201.
- ↑ ADM 196/42. f. 408.
- ↑ ADM 196/42. f. 201.
- ↑ "Advocating a Better Classification of Abilities". p. 55.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 32695. p. 3625. 9 May, 1922.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33222. p. 7477. 19 November, 1926.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Bertram Chambers" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 28 April, 1945. Issue 50129, col E, p. 6.
- [Chambers] (February 1920). "Advocating a Better Classification of Abilities". The Naval Review VIII (No. 1): pp. 53-56.
- Chambers, Admiral B. M. (1927). Salt Junk: Naval Reminiscences, 1881-1906. London: Constable & Co Ltd.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/88.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
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