Arthur Power

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur John Power GCB, GBE, CVO (12 April 1889 – 28 January 1960) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service in World War I and World War II.

Naval career
Power joined the Royal Navy in 1909 and served in World War I. He became Commander of HMS Excellent, the Gunnery School at Portsmouth, in 1935 and went on to command HMS Ark Royal in 1938.

He served in World War II as Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff from 1940 and as Commander of 15th Cruiser Squadron from 1942. He was appointed Flag Officer in charge of Malta in 1943 and Second in Command of the Eastern Fleet later in the year. In November 1944 he became Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station which had been formed from the former Eastern Fleet. Power was present at the final surrender of the Japanese in Singapore in September 1945.

After the War he was made Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel and then Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet from 1948. He was made Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in 1950 and Naval Commander-in-Chief, Home (designate) in 1951. Finally he became Allied Commander-in-Chief, Channel and Southern North Sea Command in 1952. He retired in 1953.

In 1918 he married Amy Bingham; they had three sons (including Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Mackenzie Power). Following the death of his first wife he married Margaret Joyce Watson in 1947.

Honours and awards

 * Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (2 Jan 1950, New Year Honours); KCB (1 Jan 1944, New Year Honours); CB (1 Jul 1941, King's Birthday Honours)
 * Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire 1 January 1946 (New Year Honours)
 * Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (29 Jan 1936)
 * Mention in Despatches (21 Dec 1943, Operation Husky), (23 May 1944, Operation Avalanche), (15 Jun 1944, ArSksSbng&Sbya Apr-May 1944); 31 Oct 1944, Operation Crimson)
 * Polonia Restituta 3rd class (Poland) (22 Dec 1942, services to Polish Navy)
 * Commander of the Legion of Merit (US) (29 Jan 1946)
 * Grand Cross of the Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands) (15 Mar 1949) (services to Royal Netherlands Navy)
 * Knight of the Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (1 Jan 1951)