Bruce Fraser 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape Military person

Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Austin Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape GCB, KBE (5 February 1888 – 12 February 1981) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He served in World War I and saw action during the Gallipoli Campaign and took part in the internment of the German High Seas Fleet at the end of the War. He also served in World War II initially as Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy and then as Second-in-Command and afterwards as Commander of the Home Fleet, leading the force that destroyed the Scharnhorst. He went on to be First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in which role he assisted in establishing NATO and agreed to the principle that the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) should be an American Admiral, in the face of fierce British opposition.

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Bruce Fraser 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape

Birth date	February 05, 1888
Birth place	Middlesex , Acton London
Date of death	February 12, 1981
Place of death	London

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allegiance	United Kingdom
award	Order of the Bath Order of the British Empire
military operations	Battle of Okinawa Russian Civil War World War II World War I Battle of the North Cape
military branch	Royal Navy
military command	First Sea Lord British Pacific Fleet Eastern Fleet Home Fleet
service start	1904
service end	1951