Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Austin Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape GCB, KBE (5 February 1888 – 12 February 1981) was a senior British admiral during World War II.
He joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet on 15 January 1904. Fraser rapidly marked himself out as a young man who had the potential to go far in the service and achieved first class passes in all his Sub-Lieutenant's exams, which he took between March 1907 and December 1908. He was pro...
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Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Austin Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape GCB, KBE (5 February 1888 – 12 February 1981) was a senior British admiral during World War II.
He joined the Royal Navy as a Cadet on 15 January 1904. Fraser rapidly marked himself out as a young man who had the potential to go far in the service and achieved first class passes in all his Sub-Lieutenant's exams, which he took between March 1907 and December 1908. He was promoted Sub-Lieutenant on 15 March 1907 and Lieutenant on 15 March 1908. His time in these ranks was mainly spent in the Channel and Mediterranean Fleets. He returned to the Home Fleet in August 1910 and remained there serving in HMS Boadicea until the end of July the following year. On 31 July 1911 Fraser joined HMS Excellent, the Royal Navy's school of Gunnery at Whale Island in Portsmouth harbour where he commenced the 'long course' to qualify as a specialist Gunnery Lieutenant.
Fraser was Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet during the later...
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