Geoffrey John Audley Miles Military person

Admiral Sir Geoffrey John Audley Miles, KCB, KCSI (2 May 1890 – 31 December 1986) was a senior Royal Navy admiral who served as Deputy Naval Commander, South East Asia Command under Lord Mountbatten during the Second World War, as the Senior British Representative on the Tripartite Naval Commission and as the last Commander-in-Chief, Indian Navy of the unified Royal Indian Navy.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 02, 1890
Birth place
London , Chelsea London
Date of deathDecember 31, 1986
Place of death
Holyport , Berkshire , Maidenhead

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award
Order of the Bath
Order of the Star of India
Legion of Honour
military operations
World War II
World War I
military branch
Royal Navy
military command
(1939–1941)
Captain (D) 3rd Destroyer Flotilla (Mediterranean)
Flag Officer Western Mediterranean
HMS Codrington (1935–1937)
HMS Pangbourne (1931–1932)
Naval Force Commander Eastern Expeditionary Force
Senior British Representative on the Tripartite Naval Commission (Berlin) (concurrently Senior British Representative on the Tripartite Merchant Marine Commission)
Deputy Naval Commander South East Asia CommandEast Indies Station
Flag Officer Commanding Royal Indian Navy (1946–1947)
Head of the British Military Mission in Moscow (1941–1943)
service start1905
service end1948

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