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Patrick Brind commanded 4 Cruiser Squadron
in the final months
of the Pacific War. His squadron was the first British unit to
operate
with the U.S. 5
Fleet, contributing to the preliminary bombardment of Iwo Jima in February 1945.
Brind was present for the Japanese surrender aboard Missouri.
| 1892-5-5
|
Born |
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| 1922 |
Lieutenant
commander |
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| 1927 |
Commander |
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| 1933 |
Captain |
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| 1938 |
Commander, Birmingham |
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| 1939-1 |
Commander, Gunnery School |
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| 1940 |
Chief of staff, Home Fleet |
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| 1942-4 |
Rear admiral |
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff
(Home) |
| 1944-11 |
Commander, 4 Cruiser Squadron |
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| 1945 |
Vice admiral |
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| 1946 |
President, Royal Naval College |
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| 1949 |
Admiral |
Commander, Far East Station |
| 1951 |
Commander, Allied Forces,
Northern Europe |
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| 1953 |
Retires |
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| 1963 |
Dies |
References
"Admiral Eric
James Patrick Brind" (accessed 2007-5-3)
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