Vice Admiral Bertram Chalmers Watson CB DSO (20 March 1887 – 22 July 1976) was a

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officer who became Rear Admiral, Submarines.

Naval career

Watson served in the

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and, after being promoted to

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on 31 December 1925, he became commanding officer of the cruiser HMS ''Curlew'' in July 1932 and of the battleship HMS ''Valiant'' in August 1933. He went on to become Rear Admiral, Submarines in December 1938 and, after seeing action in that role in the early stages of the

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, went on to be Flag Officer Greenock in January 1940 and Flag Officer Commanding, Iceland in October 1943.

References

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