Robert Burnett
Sir Robert Burnett | |
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South Atlantic Station (1944–46) (1925–27)10th Cruiser Squadron (1943) Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas (1942) Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham (1939–40) HMS Amphion (1935–39) HMS Curacoa (1933) 8th Destroyer Flotilla (1931–33) HMS Keppel (1931–33) HMS Wallflower | |
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| Awards | Commander of the Venerable Order of Saint John (Netherlands)Order of Suvorov, 1st Class (USSR) Order of George I (Greece) Order of Orange-Nassau |
CStJ (22 July 1887 – 2 July 1959) was an officer in the Royal Navy
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Educated at
China Station from 1904 and then with the Atlantic and Mediterranean Fleets from 1908.[2] He became an instructor at the Navy Physical Training Schools in 1911.[2]
Burnett served in
In 1933 Burnett was made Director of Physical Training and Sports.South Atlantic Station from 1944.[2] He became Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth in 1947 and retired from active service in May 1950.[2] He then served as the first director of the White Fish Authority, from its foundation in 1951 until his retirement in November 1954.
Family
In 1915 Burnett married Ethel Constance Shaw; they had no children.[1] He was the younger brother of Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Burnett.
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