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 : A briefing of the Royal Navy, 1939


A briefing of the Royal Navy, 1939

The photograph was taken during a meeting of the Grand Council of the Admiralty in London. The Admiralty was in charge of the Royal Navy until 1964. From left to right: Geoffrey Shakespeare (Parliamentary and Finance Secretary of the Admiralty), Admiral Harold Martin Burrough (Deputy Director of the Naval General Staff), Alexander Robert Ramsay (Deputy Admiral and Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Services), Tom Spencer Vaughan Philipps (Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff), Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord and Fleet Admiral of the Royal Navy), J.S. Barnes (Deputy Secretary), Winston Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty), Archibald Carter (Chief Secretary of the Admiralty), Charles Little (Second Lord of the Seas and Chief of Naval Personnel), Admiral Bruce Fraser (Third Lord of the Seas and Naval Controller), Geoffrey Arbuthnot (Fourth Lord of the Seas Chief of Naval Supply), Sir Austin Hudson (Civil Lord of the Admiralty)

Picture No
13316808
Media ID
48339551
Size
4961px x 3529px (1.1MB)
Credit
(c) Mary Evans / Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo
Usage Restrictions
No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo
Source
SZ Photo - Scherl
Date
1939

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