BR East Indies

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Related Types	Postings Post
Area Command	BR East Indies

Operated By Country	Great Britain
Unit Type	Area Command
Located At Place	Colombo
Include Place	Ceylon Asia
Commanded By Unit	BR Admiralty
Cover Theatre Of War	Pacific Theatre
Established By Service	Navy
Posting Year	2.65yr
Flag
Posting Year	2.65yr
Posting Duration Year	3yr
Postings	3

	Alias
	Commander In Chief East Indies Flag Officer Ceylon

Units
	Operated By Country
	Great Britain

Assignments
Assigned To By Assignment	Cover Unit
1939-Dec-01 HMS Eagle - BR East Indies	HMS Eagle
1939-Dec-01 HMS Ramilles - HMS Glorious - BR East Indies	HMS Glorious \| HMS Ramilles
1939-Dec-01 RN 5th Cruiser Squadron - BR East Indies	RN 5th Cruiser Squadron

Postings
1) Posted To By Posting	2) 1: Post Person	3) 2:Decoration	4) 1: Age Of Person	5) 1:Rank	6) 1: End	7) 1: Duration Year
1939 01 01 Leatham Ralph	Leatham Ralph	Knight Commander Of The Order Of The Bath	53yr	Vice Admiral	1941 Apr 22	2.31yr
1941 04 22 Arbuthnot Geoffrey	Arbuthnot Geoffrey	Distinguished Service Order Knight Commander Of The Order Of The Bath	56.3yr	Vice Admiral
1942 01 01 Layton Geoffrey	Layton Geoffrey	Distinguished Service Order Knight Commander Of The Order Of Saint Michael And Saint George Knight Commander Of The Order Of The Bath Knight Grand Cross Of The Order Of The British Empire	57.7yr	Admiral	1945 Jan 01	3yr

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