Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard
Admiral Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (30 August, 1868 – 18 February, 1934) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
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Life & Career
Bernard's promotion to the rank of Lieutenant was dated 25 February, 1889.[1]
Bernard was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1901.[2]
Captain
Bernard was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1906.[3]
Great War
On 3 July, 1917, Bernard was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King George V, vice Hunt.[4] On 20 September he was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, vice Harbord.[5] On 27 November he hoisted his flag in the surveying vessel Research as Senior Naval Officer and Rear-Admiral of the Dockyard at Portland.[6]
He was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1918.[7]
Post-War
Bernard was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 15 November, 1922, vice Fremantle, and was placed on the Retired List on 16 November.[8] He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 1 August, 1927.[9]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 26007. p. 7553. 31 December, 1889.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27335. p. 4780. 19 July, 1901.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27927. p. 4466. 29 June, 1906.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30168. p. 6707. 6 July, 1917.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30313. p. 10051. 28 September, 1917.
- ↑ Navy List (December, 1918). p. 893.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30451. p. 79. 1 January, 1918.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 32769. p. 8213. 21 November, 1922.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33300. p. 5105. 5 August, 1927.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Bernard" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 20 February, 1934. Issue 46683, col B, pg. 16.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
- 1868 births
- 1934 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1882
- Royal Navy Gunnery Officers
- Captains of H.M.S. Topaze (1903)
- Captains of H.M.S. Argonaut (1898)
- Captains of H.M.S. Redoubtable (1892)
- Captains of H.M.S. Cambridge (Gunnery Training School)
- Captains of H.M.S. Argyll (1904)
- Captains of H.M.S. Venerable (1899)
- Captains of H.M.S. Neptune (1909)
- Naval Aides-de-Camp to King George V
- Senior Naval Officers and King's Harbour Master, Portland
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
