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Air Vice Marshal '''Arthur Vyell Vyvyan''', C.B., D.S.O., R.N., R.A.F. (12 March, 1875 – 20 November, 1935) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]].
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Air Vice Marshal '''Arthur Vyell Vyvyan''', C.B., D.S.O., R.N., R.A.F. (12 March, 1875 – 30 September, 1935) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Vyvyan was promoted to {{LieutRN}} on 14 January, 1896.
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Vyvyan was promoted to {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1906.
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Vyvyan was promoted to {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1913.
 
Vyvyan was promoted to {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1913.
  
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He assumed command of the {{UK-Endymion|f=t}} in June 1915.
 
He assumed command of the {{UK-Endymion|f=t}} in June 1915.
  
He ultimately became an Air Vice Marshal.
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on 1 April 1918, Vyvyan was appointed in command of Air Force Units in the Mediterranean as Brigadier General on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief.
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He ultimately became an Air Vice Marshal with a permanent commission on 1 August, 1919.
  
 
==See Also==
 
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Revision as of 18:53, 14 November 2017

Air Vice Marshal Arthur Vyell Vyvyan, C.B., D.S.O., R.N., R.A.F. (12 March, 1875 – 30 September, 1935) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.

Life & Career

Vyvyan was promoted to Lieutenant on 14 January, 1896.

Vyvyan was promoted to Commander on 30 June, 1906.

Vyvyan was promoted to Captain on 30 June, 1913.

He served as Assistant to the Chief of the Staff while working with the Admiralty War Staff from January, 1913 until October, 1914 when he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Cordelia.

He assumed command of the first class protected cruiser Endymion in June 1915.

on 1 April 1918, Vyvyan was appointed in command of Air Force Units in the Mediterranean as Brigadier General on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief.

He ultimately became an Air Vice Marshal with a permanent commission on 1 August, 1919.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Tufton P. H. Beamish
Assistant to the Chief of the Admiralty War Staff
Jan, 1913
Succeeded by
John M. Rose
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Cordelia
Oct, 1914[1]
Succeeded by
Tufton P. H. Beamish
Preceded by
Harold O. Reinold
Captain of H.M.S. Endymion
Jun, 1915[2]
Succeeded by
Cecil M. Staveley

Footnotes

  1. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  2. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 393s.