Geoffrey Audley Miles
Royal Navy admiral (1890-1986) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Admiral Sir Geoffrey John Audley Miles, KCB, KCSI (2 May 1890 – 31 December 1986) was a senior Royal Navy admiral who served as Deputy Naval Commander, South East Asia Command under Lord Mountbatten during the Second World War, as the Senior British Representative on the Tripartite Naval Commission and as the last Commander-in-Chief, Indian Navy of the unified Royal Indian Navy.
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Sir Geoffrey Miles | |
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Born | (1890-05-02)2 May 1890 Chelsea, London |
Died | 31 December 1986(1986-12-31) (aged 96) Holyport, Maidenhead, Berkshire |
Allegiance | United Kingdom British India |
Service/ | Royal Navy Royal Indian Navy |
Years of service | 1905–1948 |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held | HMS Pangbourne (1931–1932) HMS Codrington (1935–1937) Captain (D) 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean) HMS Nelson (1939–1941) Head of the British Military Mission in Moscow (1941–1943) Naval Force Commander, Eastern Expeditionary Force Deputy Naval Commander, South East Asia Command,East Indies Station Flag Officer, Western Mediterranean Senior British Representative on the Tripartite Naval Commission (Berlin) (concurrently Senior British Representative on the Tripartite Merchant Marine Commission) Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy (1946–1947) |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Awards | Knight Commander of the KCB (1945) KCSI (1948) Companion of the CB (1942) Legion of Honour (1944) |
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