For his son, the Vice-Admiral, see Arthur Mackenzie Power.
Royal Navy admiral of the fleet
Admiral of the Fleet
Sir Arthur Power
Power in 1942
Birth name
Arthur John Power
Born
(1889-04-12)12 April 1889 London, England
Died
28 January 1960(1960-01-28) (aged 70) Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Years of service
1904–1953
Rank
Admiral of the Fleet
Commands held
Allied Commander in Chief, Channel and Southern North Sea Command (1952)
Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth (1950–52)
Mediterranean Fleet (1948–50)
Second Sea Lord (1946–48)
East Indies Fleet (1944–45)
1st Battle Squadron (1943–44)
Flag Officer, Malta (1943)
15th Cruiser Squadron (1942–43)
HMS Ark Royal (1938)
Battles/wars
First World War
Second World War
Awards
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
KStJ
Mentioned in Despatches (4)[1][2]
Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland)[3]
Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States)[4]
Grand Cross of the Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands)[5]
Other work
First and Principal Naval Aide-de-camp to George VI (1951–52) and Elizabeth II (1952)
Deputy Lieutenant, Southampton
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur John Power, GCB, GBE, CVO, KStJ (12 April 1889 – 28 January 1960) was a Royal Navy officer. He took part in the First World War as a gunnery officer and saw action in the Dardanelles campaign. During the inter-war years he commanded the gunnery school at HMS Excellent and then the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal. During the Second World War he played a leading role in the planning for the Allied invasion of Sicily and for the Allied invasion of Italy and then commanded the naval forces for the actual landing of V Corps at Taranto in Italy in September 1943. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Fleet in the closing stages of the war and conducted naval strikes on the Imperial Japanese Army in Borneo and Malaya. After the War he became Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet and then Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.
^"No. 36526". The London Gazette (Supplement). 19 May 1944. p. 2355.
^"No. 36771". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 October 1944. p. 4977.
^"No. 35833". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 December 1942. p. 5569.
^"No. 37448". The London Gazette (Supplement). 25 January 1946. p. 720.
^"No. 38563". The London Gazette. 15 March 1949. p. 1334.
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