ADMIRALS OF THE FLEET
RESTORED TO ACTIVE LIST. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.5 a.m.) RUGBY. March 3. The Admiralty announces that the King has approved that in future Admirals of the Fleet shall be borne on the active list of the Royal Navy for life and that those on the retired list shall be restored to the active list. His Majesty has further approved that promotion to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet be governed by the rule that three, but no more than three holders of this rank shall be of less than five years’ seniority in rank. In consequence the following officers are to be restored to the active list — Admirals of the Fleet Sir Henry Oliver, Sir Osmond De B. Brock, Sir Roger Keyes, Sir Frederick Field and Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 March 1940, Page 6
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139ADMIRALS OF THE FLEET Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 March 1940, Page 6
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