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For this accomplishment, he was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in Jan 1944, was promoted to the rank of full admiral in Feb 1944, and was awarded the Soviet Order of Suvorov, First Class also in Feb 1944. In this role, he was best known for his intuition that German battlecruiser Scharnhorst would attack Allied convoy JW 55B, thus was able to ambush and sink Scharnhorst on during the Battle of the North Cape off Norway. Later in the same year, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. In May 1943, he was named the Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet. In Jun 1942, he was named the Second-in-Command of the Home Fleet and Flag Officer of the 2nd Battle Squadron. In 1941, he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In May 1940, he was promoted to the rank of vice admiral. Ww2dbaseThe European War of WW2 began as Fraser was the Third Sea Lord. In Mar 1939, he was named the Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy. In 1939, he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath. In Apr 1938, he was made Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Fleet Dudley Pound. In Jan 1938, he was promoted to the rank of rear admiral. In 1937, he became the Chief Staff Officer to the Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers. In May 1936, he was named the commanding officer of carrier HMS Glorious. In Jul 1933, he was named the Director of Naval Ordnance Department of the Admiralty. In Sep 1929, he was named the commanding officer of cruiser HMS Effingham on the East Indies Station.
In Jan 1927, he was made the head of the Tactical Division of the Admiralty. In Jun 1626, he was promoted to the rank of captain. In Dec 1924, he was named the Fleet Gunnery Officer of the Mediterranean Fleet. In Jun 1922, he was assigned to the Naval Ordnance Department of the Admiralty. In 1921, he returned to HMS Excellent as an instructor. In 1920, he was the leader of the Royal Navy mission that was interned by the Red Army in Azerbaijian for six months. In the following month, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Ww2dbaseIn Jun 1919, Fraser was promoted to the rank of commander.
At the end of the war, in Nov 1918, he played a part in the internment of the German High Seas Fleet. Ww2dbaseDuring WW1, Fraser saw action at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire aboard cruiser HMS Minerva, taught at HMS Excellent, served as battleship HMS Resolution's gunnery officer, and finally served with the Grand Fleet. In 1912, he assisted in the development of the Advanced Gunnery Course at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich, England, and then served as an instructor at HMS Excellent starting in 1913. In Jul 1911, he was assigned to the gunnery school HMS Excellent at Whale Island, Portsmouth, England. In Aug 1910, he was transferred scout cruiser HMS Broadicea to the Home Fleet. Later in the same year, he was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet. In Mar 1908, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. In Sep 1907, he was assigned to destroyer HMS Gypsy. In May 1907, he was assigned to battleship HMS Triumph. In Mar 1907, he was promoted to the rank of sub-lieutenant. In Feb 1905, he was transferred to battleship HMS Prince George, also of the Channel Fleet. In Jan 1904, he completed his midshipman cruise aboard battleship HMS Hannibal of the Channel Fleet. He attended Bradfield College in Bradfield, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom before joining the British Royal Navy, serving as a cadet aboard training ship HMS Britannia starting in Sep 1902. Ww2dbaseBruce Fraser was born in 1888 to General Alexander Fraser and Monica Stores Fraser (née Smith).
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