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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">British admiral</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the British admiral. 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1981<span style="display:none">(1981-05-17)</span> (aged 77)<br /><a href="/wiki/Yarmouth,_Isle_of_Wight" title="Yarmouth, Isle of Wight">Yarmouth, Isle of Wight</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span data-sort-value="United Kingdom"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">United Kingdom</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Service <wbr />/ branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1917–1961</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Admiral_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiral (United Kingdom)">Admiral</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data">HMS <i>H32</i> (21 Apr 1933 – Jan 1934)<br /><a href="/wiki/HMS_Severn_(N57)" title="HMS Severn (N57)">HMS <i>Severn</i></a> (31 May 1937 – Apr 1939)<br /><a href="/wiki/O_and_P_class_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="O and P class destroyer">HMS <i>Opportune</i></a> (9 Jun 1942 – Aug 1942)<br /><a href="/wiki/HMS_Kempenfelt_(R03)" title="HMS Kempenfelt (R03)">HMS <i>Kempenfelt</i></a> & Captain (D) <a href="/w/index.php?title=26th_Destroyer_Flotilla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="26th Destroyer Flotilla (page does not exist)">26th Destroyer Flotilla</a> (24 Apr 1944 – Jun 1944)<br /><a href="/wiki/HMS_Myngs_(R06)" title="HMS Myngs (R06)">HMS <i>Myngs</i></a> (Jun 1944? – Nov 1944)<br /><a href="/wiki/HMS_Saumarez_(G12)" title="HMS Saumarez (G12)">HMS <i>Saumarez</i></a> (17 Nov 1944 – Jul 1945)<br /><a href="/wiki/RNAS_Portland_(HMS_Osprey)" title="RNAS Portland (HMS Osprey)">HMS <i>Osprey</i></a> (Royal Naval Air Station, <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Portland" title="Isle of Portland">Portland</a>) (4 May 1949 – May 1950)<br /><a href="/wiki/Flag_Officers#United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag Officers">Flag Officer</a> Aircraft Carriers (1956–1957)<br /><a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Portsmouth" title="Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth">Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth</a> (<a href="/wiki/HMS_Victory" title="HMS Victory">HMS Victory</a>) & Allied Commander-in-Chief, Channel & Commander-in-Chief, Home Station (Designate) (9 Mar 1959 – 1961)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><b><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></b><br />- <a href="/wiki/Operation_Torch" title="Operation Torch">Operation Torch</a> (landings in North Africa)<br />- <a href="/wiki/Operation_Husky" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Husky">Operation Husky</a> (invasion of Sicily)<br />- <a href="/wiki/Operation_Shingle" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Shingle">Operation Shingle</a> (landing at Anzio )<br />- <a href="/wiki/Operation_Neptune" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Neptune">Operation Neptune</a> (Normandy landings)<br />- <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Malacca_Strait" title="Battle of the Malacca Strait">Sinking of the Haguro</a><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Suez_Crisis" title="Suez Crisis">Suez Crisis</a></b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">KCB</a> 12 June 1958<br /><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">CB</a> (9 June 1955)<br /><a href="/wiki/CBE" class="mw-redirect" title="CBE">CBE</a> (20 April 1943)<br /><a href="/wiki/OBE" class="mw-redirect" title="OBE">OBE</a> (1 January 1941)<br />DSO (14 November 1944)<br /><a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO</a> (10 July 1945)<br /><a href="/wiki/Mentioned_in_Despatches" class="mw-redirect" title="Mentioned in Despatches">Mentioned in Despatches</a> (21 Dec 1943 and 6 Jun 1944)<br /><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Merit" title="Legion of Merit">Legion of Merit</a> (19 March 1946)<br /><a href="/wiki/Croix_de_Guerre" title="Croix de Guerre">Croix de Guerre</a> (5 April 1958)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Other work</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/County_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="County Court">County Court</a>, Isle of Wight (1964–1974)<br /><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Lieutenant">Deputy Lieutenant</a>, Hampshire (1965–1974)<br />Deputy Lieutenant, Isle of Wight (1974)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">Admiral</a> <b>Sir Manley Laurence Power</b> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">KCB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">CBE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Order" title="Distinguished Service Order">DSO & Bar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Lieutenant">DL</a> (10 January 1904 – 17 May 1981) was a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Admiral_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiral (United Kingdom)">admiral</a> who fought in World War II as a <a href="/wiki/Captain_(naval)" title="Captain (naval)">captain</a> and later rose to more senior ranks, including the <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> position Allied Commander-in-Chief, Channel. One of his chief accomplishments was leading the <a href="/w/index.php?title=26th_Destroyer_Flotilla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="26th Destroyer Flotilla (page does not exist)">26th Destroyer Flotilla</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Malacca_Strait" class="mw-redirect" title="Malacca Strait">Malacca Strait</a> during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Dukedom" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Dukedom">Operation Dukedom</a> to sink the Japanese cruiser <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Haguro" title="Japanese cruiser Haguro"><i>Haguro</i></a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manley_Laurence_Power&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born the son of Admiral <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Eliot_Power" title="Laurence Eliot Power">Sir Laurence E. Power</a> <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath" title="Order of the Bath">KCB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Order" title="Royal Victorian Order">CVO</a>, Power was educated at the Royal Naval Colleges at <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_College,_Osborne" title="Royal Naval College, Osborne">Osborne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Britannia_Royal_Naval_College" title="Britannia Royal Naval College">Dartmouth</a>, becoming a Royal Navy <a href="/wiki/Officer_cadet" title="Officer cadet">officer cadet</a> in 1917.<sup id="cite_ref-lh_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lh-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the early part of his career, he served mainly in submarines, attaining his first command (<a href="/wiki/HMS_H32" title="HMS H32">HMS <i>H32</i></a>) in 1933.<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_War_II">World War II</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manley_Laurence_Power&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1939 he was promoted to Commander and appointed as Staff Officer (Operations) to the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, Vice-Admiral Sir <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Cunningham,_1st_Viscount_Cunningham_of_Hyndhope" title="Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope">Andrew Cunningham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hmwilson-churchill-eisenhow.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Hmwilson-churchill-eisenhow.jpg/220px-Hmwilson-churchill-eisenhow.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Hmwilson-churchill-eisenhow.jpg/330px-Hmwilson-churchill-eisenhow.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Hmwilson-churchill-eisenhow.jpg/440px-Hmwilson-churchill-eisenhow.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="790" /></a><figcaption>A convalescent <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> meets the outgoing and incoming Supreme Commanders in the Mediterranean, <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a>, to Churchill's right, and <a href="/wiki/Henry_Maitland_Wilson" title="Henry Maitland Wilson">Henry Maitland Wilson</a>, to his left. Behind them stand (from left to right), <a href="/wiki/John_Whiteley_(British_Army_officer)" title="John Whiteley (British Army officer)">John Whiteley</a>, Air Marshal <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Tedder,_1st_Baron_Tedder" title="Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder">Arthur Tedder</a>, Brigadier <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Thompson_(British_Army_officer)" title="Geoffrey Thompson (British Army officer)">G. S. Thompson</a>, Admiral <a href="/wiki/John_Cunningham_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Cunningham (Royal Navy officer)">Sir John Cunningham</a>, unknown, <a href="/wiki/Harold_Alexander,_1st_Earl_Alexander_of_Tunis" title="Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis">Sir Harold Alexander</a>, Captain M. L. Power, <a href="/wiki/Humfrey_Gale" title="Humfrey Gale">Humfrey Gale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Hollis" title="Leslie Hollis">Leslie Hollis</a>, and Eisenhower's <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_staff" title="Chief of staff">chief of staff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walter_Bedell_Smith" title="Walter Bedell Smith">Walter Bedell Smith</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1942, he was given command of <a href="/wiki/HMS_Opportune_(G80)" title="HMS Opportune (G80)">HMS <i>Opportune</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> escorting <a href="/wiki/Arctic_convoys" class="mw-redirect" title="Arctic convoys">Arctic convoys</a>, before returning as Staff Officer (Operations) in the Mediterranean in September 1942,<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in preparation for the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Torch" title="Operation Torch">invasion of North Africa</a> and then became Staff Officer (Plans), on the staff of Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean in January 1943,<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> assisting the planning of the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Husky" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Husky">invasion of Sicily</a>. He was promoted to Captain in 1943, and Deputy Chief of Staff (Plans), and stayed in the Mediterranean until March 1944, planning the invasion of Italy and the Anzio landings.<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Power became captain of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=26th_Destroyer_Flotilla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="26th Destroyer Flotilla (page does not exist)">26th Destroyer Flotilla</a> in April 1944,<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> taking part in the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Normandy landings</a>, and as captain of the destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Myngs_(R06)" title="HMS Myngs (R06)">HMS <i>Myngs</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> participated in an action to destroy an enemy convoy off the Norwegian coast in November 1944. He was then appointed to command <a href="/wiki/HMS_Saumarez_(G12)" title="HMS Saumarez (G12)">HMS <i>Saumarez</i></a> in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Fleet">Eastern Fleet</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Malacca_Strait" title="Battle of the Malacca Strait">flotilla destroyed</a> the Japanese cruiser <a href="/wiki/Japanese_cruiser_Haguro" title="Japanese cruiser Haguro"><i>Haguro</i></a> in May 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-war">Post-war</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manley_Laurence_Power&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Post-war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the war, Power served as Deputy Director of Plans in the <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">Admiralty</a> between January and July 1946,<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then as Senior Naval Member of the Directing Staff at the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Services_Staff_College_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Services Staff College (UK)">Joint Services Staff College</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> later becoming commander of the Portland (Dorset) naval base.<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following this he served as Flag Captain to the Commander-in-Chief, <a href="/wiki/Home_Fleet" title="Home Fleet">Home Fleet</a> (Admiral Sir <a href="/wiki/Philip_Vian" title="Philip Vian">Philip Vian</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then in May 1952 as Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean (Admiral 1st <a href="/wiki/Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Mountbatten_of_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma">Lord Mountbatten of Burma</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Rear-admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Rear-admiral">rear-admiral</a> in 1953, and in the following year was appointed Senior Naval Member of the Directing Staff of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Defence_Studies" title="Royal College of Defence Studies">Imperial Defence College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Promoted to <a href="/wiki/Vice-admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-admiral">vice-admiral</a>, he became <a href="/wiki/Flag_Officer,_Aircraft_Carriers" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag Officer, Aircraft Carriers">Flag Officer, Aircraft Carriers</a> in 1956<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Chief_of_the_Naval_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" title="Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (United Kingdom)">Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Sea_Lord" title="Fifth Sea Lord">Fifth Sea Lord</a> in 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Promoted to <a href="/wiki/Admiral" title="Admiral">admiral</a> in 1960, his final appointments were as <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Portsmouth" title="Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth">Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Allied_Command_Channel" title="Allied Command Channel">Allied Commander-in-Chief, Channel</a> in 1959 before retiring in 1961.<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manley_Laurence_Power&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He married Barbara Alice Mary Topham in 1930 and the couple had a daughter and a son.<sup id="cite_ref-unit_2-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours_and_decorations">Honours and decorations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manley_Laurence_Power&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Honours and decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg/80px-Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg/120px-Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg/160px-Order_of_the_Bath_UK_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath" class="mw-redirect" title="Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath">Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath</a> (KCB)</td> <td>12 June 1958 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)</td> <td>9 June 1955 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_British_Empire_(Military)_Ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png/80px-Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="24" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Order_of_the_British_Empire_%28Military%29_Ribbon.png 1.5x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander of the Order of the British Empire">Commander of the Order of the British Empire</a> (CBE)</td> <td>20 April 1943 (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Torch" title="Operation Torch">Operation Torch</a> – landings in N Africa 8 November 1942) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)</td> <td>1 January 1941 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DSO_with_Bar.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/DSO_with_Bar.png/80px-DSO_with_Bar.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/DSO_with_Bar.png/120px-DSO_with_Bar.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/DSO_with_Bar.png/160px-DSO_with_Bar.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Companion_of_the_Distinguished_Service_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Companion of the Distinguished Service Order">Companion of the Distinguished Service Order and Bar</a> (DSO & Bar)</td> <td>14 November 1944 (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Neptune" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Neptune">Operation Neptune</a> – Normandy landings June 1944)<br />10 July 1945 (<a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Malacca_Strait" title="Battle of the Malacca Strait">Operation Dukedom</a> – destruction of a Japanese cruiser May 1945) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:British_War_Medal_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/British_War_Medal_BAR.svg/80px-British_War_Medal_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/British_War_Medal_BAR.svg/120px-British_War_Medal_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/British_War_Medal_BAR.svg/160px-British_War_Medal_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/British_War_Medal" title="British War Medal">British War Medal</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:World_War_I_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/World_War_I_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg/80px-World_War_I_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/World_War_I_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg/120px-World_War_I_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/World_War_I_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg/160px-World_War_I_Victory_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victory_Medal_(United_Kingdom)" title="Victory Medal (United Kingdom)">Victory Medal</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:39-45_Star_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/39-45_Star_BAR.svg/80px-39-45_Star_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/39-45_Star_BAR.svg/120px-39-45_Star_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/39-45_Star_BAR.svg/160px-39-45_Star_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1939%E2%80%9345_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="1939–45 Star">1939–45 Star</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Africa_Star_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Africa_Star_BAR.svg/80px-Africa_Star_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Africa_Star_BAR.svg/120px-Africa_Star_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Africa_Star_BAR.svg/160px-Africa_Star_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Africa_Star" title="Africa Star">Africa Star</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Italy_Star_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Italy_Star_BAR.svg/80px-Italy_Star_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Italy_Star_BAR.svg/120px-Italy_Star_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Italy_Star_BAR.svg/160px-Italy_Star_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Italy_Star" title="Italy Star">Italy Star</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:France_and_Germany_Star_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/France_and_Germany_Star_BAR.svg/80px-France_and_Germany_Star_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/France_and_Germany_Star_BAR.svg/120px-France_and_Germany_Star_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/France_and_Germany_Star_BAR.svg/160px-France_and_Germany_Star_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/France_and_Germany_Star" title="France and Germany Star">France and Germany Star</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:War_Medal_39-45_BAR_MID.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/War_Medal_39-45_BAR_MID.png/80px-War_Medal_39-45_BAR_MID.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/War_Medal_39-45_BAR_MID.png/120px-War_Medal_39-45_BAR_MID.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/War_Medal_39-45_BAR_MID.png/160px-War_Medal_39-45_BAR_MID.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/War_Medal_1939%E2%80%931945" title="War Medal 1939–1945">War Medal 1939–1945</a> with palm for <a href="/wiki/Mentioned_in_Despatches" class="mw-redirect" title="Mentioned in Despatches">Mentioned in Despatches</a></td> <td>21 December 1943 (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Husky" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Husky">Operation Husky</a> – invasion of Sicily July 1943)<br />6 June 1944 (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Shingle" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Shingle">Operation Shingle</a> – landing at Anzio 22 January 1944) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UK_Queen_EII_Coronation_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/UK_Queen_EII_Coronation_Medal_ribbon.svg/80px-UK_Queen_EII_Coronation_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/UK_Queen_EII_Coronation_Medal_ribbon.svg/120px-UK_Queen_EII_Coronation_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, 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Unit histories<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 November</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Manley+Laurence+Power&rft.pub=Unit+histories&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unithistories.com%2Fofficers%2FRN_officersP2.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AManley+Laurence+Power" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/Article_HAGURO.htm">"The Sinking of the I.J.N. HAGURO"</a>. Royal Navy Research Archive<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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