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Vice-Admiral Arthur Edward Frederick Bedford CB CSI (1881 – 5 December 1949) was a Royal Navy officer. He served in HMS ''Kent'' at the Battle of the Falkland Islands of 1914 and rose to command the Royal Indian Navy from 1934 to 1937, when he retired. A year later he rejoined the colours and served until the end of the Second World War. == Early life == The son of Admiral Sir Frederick Bedford GCB GCMG (1838–1913), by his marriage to Ethel Turner, daughter of E. R. Turner of Ipswich, Bedford was educated at Dartmouth on the cadet ship HMS ''Britannia'' (the precursor of the Britannia Royal Naval College) and joined the Royal Navy as a Midshipman in 1895.〔'Bedford, Vice-Admiral Arthur Edward Frederick (born 1881, died 5 Dec. 1949)' in ''Who Was Who 1941–1950'' (A. & C. Black, 1980 reprint, ISBN 0-7136-2131-1)〕 His father had previously commanded HMS ''Britannia'' from 1886 to 1889.〔'Bedford, Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham (born 28 Dec. 1838, died 30 Jan. 1913)' in ''Who Was Who 1897–1915'' (A. & C. Black, 1988 reprint, ISBN 0-7136-2670-4)〕 Bedford came of a long naval tradition. His grandfather, Vice-Admiral Edward James Bedford (1810–1887), had also been a Royal Navy officer,〔 and was himself the son of Lieutenant Frederick Bedford RN (born 1779), who lost a leg in a naval action near the Île d'Yeu in 1801. His great-grandmother, Mary Spearing, wife of Frederick Bedford, was the daughter of Lieutenant George Spearing RN (1728–1825), who when he died in his 97th year was Senior Lieutenant of the Royal Navy.〔''Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art'', vol. 19 (Devonshire Press, 1887), p. 40〕〔William R. O'Byrne, ''A Naval Biographical Dictionary'', vol. 1 (1849), (p. 65 )〕 His brother Denham Maurice Turner Bedford (1886–1974) followed him into HMS ''Britannia'' and the Royal Navy, rising to the rank of Rear Admiral.〔(Denham Maurice Turner Bedford ) at nationalarchives.gov.uk, accessed 21 May 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur Bedford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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