James Wilfred Jefford
Royal Pakistan Navy, serving from its inception in 1947 until 1953. Most of his early career was in the Royal Indian Navy
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James Wilfred Jefford | |
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VAdm HMS Choudri | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1901 |
| Died | 1980 (aged 78–79) |
| Citizenship | Vice-Admiral |
| Battles/wars | World War II Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 |
Jefford served in the
Royal Indian Marine as a sub-lieutenant on 23 March 1922.[1] He was successively promoted to lieutenant, RIM (23 March 1925)[2] to lieutenant-commander, RIN, to acting commander, RIN, in 1940 and to substantive commander, RIN (10 January 1941).,[3] On 10 September 1946, Jefford was promoted to captain, RIN, and to commodore, RIN the following year.[4]
On the inception of the
Flag Officer commanding the new Royal Pakistan Navy with the acting rank of rear-admiral (15 August 1947).[5] He retired from the Royal Indian Navy on 1 September 1948 with the rank of captain, but retained his acting rank of rear-admiral and his place on the special list of the Royal Navy while commanding the Royal Pakistan Navy.[6] His title was upgraded to Commander-in-Chief in 1950, and he was promoted to substantive rear-admiral that year. He was promoted to a CBE in the 1951 New Year Honours list (from an OBE conferred in 1947).[7] Vice-Admiral in the Royal Pakistan Navy, in 1953, the same year that his command was terminated.[8]
He was Chairman of the Penang Harbour Board from 1955 to 1957 and also of the Penang Port Commission from 1956 to 1957, when he retired.[8]
During the
HMIS Godavari.[8]
Notes
- ^ The London Gazette, 13 June 1922
- ^ The London Gazette, 5 June 1925
- ^ The London Gazette, 20 June 1941
- ^ The London Gazette, 8 November 1946
- ^ The London Gazette, 8 August 1947
- ^ The London Gazette, 18 March 1949
- ^ "Page 45 | Supplement 39108, 29 December 1950 | London Gazette | the Gazette".
- ^ a b c 'JEFFORD, Vice-Adm. (retd) James Wilfred', in Who Was Who, (A. & C. Black, 1920–2008)