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ADMIRAL SIR GUY CHARLES CECIL ROYLE, K.C.B., C.M.G. FIRST NAVAL MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH NAVAL BOARD AND CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF. AWARDED THE C.M.G. IN 1919 FOR HIS SERVICES IN THE LAST WAR. CREATED C.B. IN 1936. NAVAL ATTACHE AT TOKYO FROM 1924 TO 1927. FROM 1927 TO 1929 COMMANDED HMS CANTERBURY. FROM 1930 TO 1932 COMMANDED HMS EXCELLENT. AFTER COMMANDING THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER GLORIOUS FROM 1933-34 HE BECAME NAVAL SECRETARY TO THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY, IN WHICH APPOINTMENT HE REMAINED UNTIL 1937 WHEN HE WAS MADE VICE-ADMIRAL-IN-CHARGE OF AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AND FLEW HIS FLAG IN H.M.S. "ARK ROYAL" - THE MUCH-SUNK CARRIER. EARLY IN THIS WAR HE WAS IN CHARGE OF MANY OF THE OUTSTANDING OPERATIONS OF THE FLEET AIR ARM. AT THE TIME OF HIS APPOINTMENT TO AUSTRALIA HE WAS FOURTH SEA LORD AND CHIEF OF SUPPLIES AND TRANSPORT AT THE ADMIRALTY. AS CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF, DIRECTING THE GOVERNMENT AND OPERATION OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY HE IS ALSO COMMANDER OF THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC SEA FRONTIERS - A COMMAND CREATED BY THE NECESSITY FOR PROTECTING OUR SHIPS AND SUPPLIES AGAINST ENEMY ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. IN FIVE YEARS OF WAR LESS THAN TEN ESCORTED SHIPS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS HAVE BEEN SUNK BY ENEMY SUBMARINE ACTION - A FINE TRIBUTE TO THE WORK OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY WHICH PROVIDED THE ESCORT.
Portrait of Vice Admiral Sir Guy Charles Cecil Royle KCB, CMG, first member of the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board and Chief of the Naval Staff. Between 1924 and 1934, after service in the First W
Portrait of Vice Admiral Sir Guy Charles Cecil Royle KCB, CMG, first member of the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board and Chief of the Naval Staff. Between 1924 and 1934, after service in the First W
PACIFIC OCEAN. 1944. SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER OF SOUTH EAST ASIA, ADMIRAL LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN, SPEAKING TO THE SHIP'S COMPANY ABOARD THE BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS ILLUSTRIOUS PRIOR TO PACIFIC SE
Admiral D C Ramsey, Commander in Chief US Pacific Fleet, with a party of his staff officers, paid a visit to the BCOF zone. Arriving at Hiroshima station they were met by 26 (N392) Brigadier Ronald Ni
WELLINGTON, NZ. 1870-01-25. VIEW OF THE SHIPS COMPRISING THE FLYING SQUADRON COMMANDED BY REAR ADMIRAL HORNBY WHICH VISITED THE AUSTRALIA STATION IN 1869-1870. THE SHIPS ARE, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, THE S
HM DOCKYARD, DEVONPORT, ENGLAND. 1948-12-16. ON THE OCCASION OF THE NAMING OF AUSTRALIA'S FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER, HMAS SYDNEY (III), THE FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY, VISCOUNT HALL (LEFT) WITH THE FIRS
