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Person: Pound, Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers |
Name | Pound, Sir Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers |
Description | A senior Royal Navy officer who served in WW1 as a battleship commander, taking part in the Battle of Jutland. He was the First Sea Lord for the first four years of WW2 during the Battle of the Atlantic, but his judgment has been challenged including his order in 1942 to disperse Convoy PQ17. |
Lived | Born 29 Aug 1877, Died 21 Oct 1943 |
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