sentences:  Promoted to vice admiral on 21 January 1933, he became Vice Admiral commanding 1st Battle Squadron and Second in Command of the Mediterranean Fleet with his flag in the battleship HMS "Revenge" in April 1934.Advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 3 June 1935, he re-deployed his fleet from Malta to Alexandria to avoid attack by the Italian Navy at the start of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War in October 1935.Promoted to full admiral on 19 August 1936, he became Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet with his flag in the battleship in April 1938.