Herbert Annesley Packer

Admiral SIR Herbert Annesley Packer, K.C.B., C.B.E., Royal Navy (9 October, 1894 – 23 September, 1962) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Packer was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 December, 1915.

Packer was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 December, 1923.

Packer was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1929.

Packer was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1935.

World War II

Packer was appointed in command of the battleship Warspite in January, 1943.

Packer was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 2 January, 1945.

Packer was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 2 September, 1948.

Packer was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 15 March, 1952. He was palced on the Retired List on 18 March, 1953.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Robert H. Bevan	Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Athens ? – 6 Jul, 1939	Succeeded by George E. M. O'Donnell
Preceded by H. Geoffrey Norman	Captain of H.M.S. Calcutta 23 Jan, 1939 – 18 Mar, 1940	Succeeded by Dennis M. Lees
Preceded by Henry H. Bousfield	Captain of H.M.S. Manchester Apr, 1940 – May, 1941	Succeeded by Harold Drew
Preceded by Oliver Bevir	Captain of H.M.S. Excellent 15 Jun, 1941 – 1 Apr, 1943	Succeeded by Robert D. Oliver
Preceded by FitzRoy E. P. Hutton	Captain of H.M.S. Warspite 1 Apr, 1943 – 11 Oct, 1943	Succeeded by The Hon. David Edwardes
Preceded by Wilfrid R. Patterson	Rear-Admiral Commanding, Second Cruiser Squadron Oct, 1946 – 21 Jan, 1948	Succeeded by The Hon. Guy H. E. Russell
Preceded by Sir Douglas B. Fisher	Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport 1948 – 1950	Succeeded by The Earl Mountbatten
Preceded by Edward D. B. McCarthy	Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic 1950 – 1952	Succeeded by Peveril B. R. W. William-Powlett