Arthur Power

Sir Arthur John Power
Sir Arthur Power
Born	(1889-04-12)12 April 1889 London, England
Died	28 January 1960(1960-01-28) (aged 70) Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1904–1953
Rank	Admiral of the Fleet
Commands held	Allied Commander in Chief, Channel and Southern North Sea Command (1952) Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth (1950–52) Mediterranean Fleet (1948–50) Second Sea Lord (1946–48) East Indies Fleet (1944–45) 1st Battle Squadron (1943–44) Flag Officer, Malta (1943) 15th Cruiser Squadron (1942–43) HMS Ark Royal (1938)
Battles/wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Mentioned in Despatches (4) Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland) Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) Grand Cross of the Order of Orange Nassau (Netherlands)
Other work	First and Principal Naval Aide-de-camp to George VI (1951–52) and Elizabeth II (1952) Deputy Lieutenant, Southampton

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur John Power GCB, GBE, CVO (12 April 1889 – 28 January 1960) was a Royal Navy officer. He took part in the First World War as a gunnery officer and saw action in the Dardanelles Campaign. During the inter-war years he commanded the gunnery school at HMS Excellent and then the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal. During the Second World War he played a leading role in the planning for the Allied invasion of Sicily and for the Allied invasion of Italy and then commanded the naval forces for the actual landing of V Corps at Taranto in Italy in September 1943. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Fleet in the closing stages of the war and conducted naval strikes on the Imperial Japanese Army in Borneo and Malaya. After the War he became Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet and then Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.