Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Naval Career
- 1913 – Entered Royal Navy
- 1916 – Rated Midshipman
- Served on:
- H.M.S. Lion, 1916;
- H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth, 1917;
- H.M. Submarine K6, 1918.
- 1918 – Promoted Sub-Lieutenant
- 1920 – Promoted Lieutenant
- Served on:
- H.M.S. Renown, 1920 (Prince of Wales' Tour, Australia and New Zealand);
- H.M.S. Repulse, 1921
- H.M.S. Renown, 1920 (Prince of Wales' Tour to India, Japan and the Far East);
- H.M.S. Revenge, 1923;
- Signal School, Portsmouth, 1924;
- R.N. College, Greenwich, 1925;
- Reserve Fleet Wireless and Signal Officer, 1926;
- Assistant Fleet Wireless Officer, Mediterranean Fleet, 1927–1928.
- 1928 – Promoted Lieutenant-Commander
- Second Destroyer Flotilla Signal and Wireless, 1928–1929;
- Senior Instructor in Wireless at H.M. Signal School, Portsmouth, 1929–1931;
- Fleet Wireless Officer, Mediterranean Fleet, 1931–1933.
- 1932 – Promoted Commander
- Qualified as interpreter in French and German, 1933;
- In command of H.M.S. Daring, 1934;
- In command of H.M.S. Wishart, 1935;
- Appointed to Naval Air Division at Admiralty, 1936.
- 1937 – Promoted Captain
- In command of H.M.S. Kelly and Fifth Destroyer Flotilla, 1939 (mentioned in dispatches twice);
- In command of H.M.S. Illustrious, 1941.
- 1941 – Promoted Commodore (First Class)
- Commodore, Combined Operations, 1941–1942;
- Chief of Combined Operations and Member of Chief of Staff's Committee with rank of acting Vice-Admiral, 1942–1943;
- Supreme Allied Commander, South-East Asia with rank of acting Admiral, 1943–1946.
- 1946 – Promoted Rear-Admiral
- Flag Officer commanding First Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean Fleet, 1948–1949.
- 1949 – Promoted Vice-Admiral
- Fourth Sea Lord, 1950–1952;
- Commander-in-Chief, Mediterrnean, 1952–1954.
- 1953 – Promoted Admiral
- Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces, Mediterrnean, 1953–1954;
- First Sea Lord, 1955–1959.
- 1956 – Promoted Admiral of the Fleet
- Chief of the Defence Staff and Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, 1959–1965.
- 1965 – Retired
Note on the Background
Based on the badge of rank of an Admiral of the Fleet.
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