Admiral News, from home includes the information that the two senior officers of the Royal Navy on the China Station, have been. promoted. The Commander-in-Chief is] now Admiral Sir Howard Kelly, while R.AY., Colin Kennet Maclean, CB, C.¥.0q, 0.8.0, becomes} a Vice-Admiral. The latter's apointment on the Yangtze w shortly come to an end, when Real Admiral RAS. Hil, formerly Commodore at Hongkong, will take his place.
Admiral Sir Howard Kelly be-'C-in-C, of the China Station ast. year, as a Viec-Admiral, and in this year's New Year Honours he received the knighthood of the Order of the Bath. The third son! of It-Col, H. H, Kelly, Royal Marine Artillery, he joined the vy. in 1886, became, a Lieutenant)
1894, Commander in 1904, 1911 and Rear-Admiral 4, wag Naval Attache at Paris from TOIL to 1014, and was Commodore commanding the 8th Light Cruiser Squadron in 1917. From 1918 to 1019 he was Commodore, 1st Class, commanding the British Adriatic Force. From 1919 he waz head of the British Naval Mission to Greece, with the rank of Vice-Admiral in the Greek Navy; Rear-Admira', First Battle Squadron, Atlantic Fleet, 1923-24: commanded Second Cruiser Squadron, 1925-27 was Admiralty representative on the League of Nations, 1927-20, and it. 1927 was promoted to Vice-Admiral. Im 1929 and until coming to the China Station he was Vice-Admiral commanding the First Battle Squadron and _Second-in-Command of the Mediterranean Fleet.
Ju 1917 he became a Commander of the Legion of Honour and re-Jeeived the French Croix de Guerre. in 1918 he became an Officer of the Italian Military Order of Savoy, and 1919 received the American' Dis. tinguished Service Medal and the Greek Order of Milicary Merit, 1st] Class, Vice-Admiral Colin Maclean came to the China fon his present appointment as} Rear-Admiral and Senior Naval [Officer on the Yangtze in 1929. His two years tour of duty is nearly' lover. He, like Sir Howard Kelly, comes of.'n ser family, his father "being the Into Major-General Charles Smith Maclean.
During the Great, War he served at Zeobragge and with the Destroy-jer Flotilla of the Harwich Force.
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