Admiral Sir Bertram Sackville Thesiger (14 January 1875 – 12 May 1966) was a

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officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.

Early life

He was the son of Hon. Sir Edward Pierson Thesiger, Clerk to the House of Lords, and Georgina Mary Stopford.

Naval career

Thesiger joined the

in 1887.Sir Bertram Sackville Thesiger
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives Promoted to

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he was appointed a

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(CMG) in the

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. He served in

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as commanding officer of HMS ''Inconstant'' at the

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and was invested as a Companion of the

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(CB) in 1916. He became Admiral Superintendent

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Dockyard in 1925 and Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1927; he retired with the rank of admiral in 1932. He was recalled during the

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to be Convoy Commodore, with the rank of commodore, 2nd class

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from 1940 to 1942 and then to be Flag Officer in charge at Falmouth from 1942 to 1944. He was appointed a

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(KBE) in the 1942 New Year Honours and also a Commander of the American

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. He became deputy lieutenant of

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and lived at "Clerks" in

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.Liphook Scouts

Family

In 1921 he married Violet Brodrick Cloete (née Henley) in Malta.

References

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Royal Naval Reserve personnel