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Acting Admiral Rank Accompanies Grand Fleet Command

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1916

David Beatty Beatty, 1stNovember 1916

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 1st

Beatty receives acting admiral rank as he assumes command of the Grand Fleet.

Names involved

David Beatty Beatty, 1st

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