Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound

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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as First Sea Lord and a key naval strategist for Britain during the early years of the Second World War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy officer ⓘ
admiral of the fleet ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order ⓘ
Order of Merit ⓘ
conflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
describedBySource British Second World War naval histories ⓘ
Royal Navy historical records ⓘ
employer Royal Navy ⓘ
familyName Pound ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Dudley ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
honorificSuffix GCB ⓘ
GCVO ⓘ
OM ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Board of Admiralty ⓘ
Order of Merit ⓘ
Order of the Bath ⓘ
Order of the Garter ⓘ
Royal Victorian Order ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank Admiral of the Fleet ⓘ
militaryUnit Grand Fleet ⓘ
Mediterranean Fleet ⓘ
notableFor involvement in the decision to disperse Convoy PQ 17 ⓘ
leadership of the Royal Navy in the Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ
participation in high-level Allied strategic planning with Winston Churchill ⓘ
service as First Sea Lord during the early years of the Second World War ⓘ
notableWork British naval strategy in the early years of the Second World War ⓘ
occupation military leader ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
partOf British Armed Forces high command during the Second World War ⓘ
positionHeld Admiral of the Fleet ⓘ
Chief of the Naval Staff ⓘ
First Sea Lord ⓘ
role senior naval strategist for Britain during the early Second World War ⓘ
workLocation Admiralty, London ⓘ

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British War Cabinet → hasMember → Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound ⓘ