Bertram Mordaunt Chambers
Admiral Bertram Mordaunt Chambers, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (3 October, 1866 – 27 April, 1945) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
At the examination for naval cadetships Chambers placed twenty-seventh out of thirty-seven successful candidates.[1]
Chambers was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1889.[2]
Chambers was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1900.[3]
Chambers was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1905.[4]
Appointed Captain of Bulwark 12 February 1907.[5]
Great War
Chambers was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 27 April, 1917. He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 28 April.[6] On 19 July he was appointed to President as P.C.O. & S.N.O. Escorts Halifax (Principal Convoy Officer and Senior Naval Officer, Escorts, Halifax) based at Sydney, Nova Scotia.[7] He arrived at Sydney on 3 August, 1917.[8]
In September, 1918, he and his staff were transferred to Quebec.[9]
Retirement
Chambers was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 1 May, 1922,[10] and to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 8 November, 1926.[11]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 25 June, 1879. Issue 29603, col E, pg. 7.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 25917. p. 1865. 2 April, 1889.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27263. p. 82. 4 January, 1901.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27870. p. 25. 2 January, 1906.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 11 February, 1907. Issue 38253, col E, pg. 6.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30042. p. 4095. 1 May, 1917.
- ↑ ADM 196/42. f. 201.
- ↑ ADM 196/42. f. 408.
- ↑ ADM 196/42. f. 201.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 32695. p. 3625. 9 May, 1922.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33222. p. 7477. 19 November, 1926.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Bertram Chambers" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 28 April, 1945. Issue 50129, col E, pg. 6.
- Chambers, Admiral Bertram (1927). Salt Junk: Naval Reminiscences, 1881-1906. London: Constable.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/88.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
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