Bertram Mordaunt Chambers

Admiral Bertram Mordaunt Chambers CB (3 October 1866 – 27 April 1945) was a Royal Navy officer who served in Australia and Canada.

Life and career

Early life and career Born in London, Chambers was the son of Lucibella (née Hare) and barrister Charles Harcourt Chambers. His paternal grandfather was Sir Charles Harcourt Chambers, puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Bombay. Chambers was educated at Clifton College and Stubbington House School, before entering HMS Britannia as a cadet in 1879, placing twenty-seventh out of thirty-seven successful candidates. Passing out of Britannia in 1881, Chambers was appointed to HMS Monarch in which, as a midshipman, he was present at the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882. The Royal Canadian Navy objected to the idea of giving such a title to a British officer under the command of the Admiralty, and transferred Vice-Admiral William Oswald Story, who outranked him, to Halifax. In December 1917, Chambers was among the senior officers who dealt with the aftermath of the Halifax Explosion.