Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape

Royal Navy admiral of the fleet

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1888

Place of Birth: Acton, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 12-Feb-1981

Profession: military personnel, corvette captain

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Austin Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, (5 February 1888 – 12 February 1981) was a senior Royal Navy officer.
He served in the First World War, saw action during the Gallipoli Campaign and took part in the internment of the German High Seas Fleet at the end of the war.
He also served in the Second World War initially as Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy and then as second-in-command and afterwards as commander of the Home Fleet, leading the force that destroyed the German battleship Scharnhorst.
He went on to be First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in which role he assisted in establishing NATO and agreed to the principle that the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic should be an American admiral, in the face of fierce British opposition.