ADMIRAL TOVEY LEAVES HOME FLEET TO BECOME C-IN-C THE NORE. 8 MAY 1943, SCAPA FLOW, BRITISH HOME FLEET COMMAND CHANGE OVER WHEN THE NEW COMMANDER IN CHIEF, HOME FLEET, ADMIRAL SIR BRUCE A FRASER, KBE, CB, TOOK OVER FROM THE RETIRING C-IN-C, ADMIRAL SIR JOHN C TOVEY, KCB, KBE, DSO, WHO IS TAKING UP HIS APPOINTMENT AS C-IN-C, NORE.
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Admiral Sir John Tovey leaving, followed by the new C-in-C, Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser.
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