The Archive · 1938

Splendid Naval Career Reviewed

London, Jan. 23.

The death has occurred. at the age of 69. of Admiral Sir Allan Frederic Everett, Commander-in-Chief of the China Station in 1924-55.

Before his China appointment Sir Allan Everett was in command of the Eighth Light Cruiser Squadron in North America and the West Indies.

During the Great War he was, first, Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord, then Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, and next commander of the Fourth Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet.

Among his many foreign decorations were the Legion of Honour, the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, Second Class, the Italian Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus, Second Class, and the G

Crown of Roumani

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