Charles Douglas Carpendale
... that before Charles Douglas Carpendale was hired to become John Reith's second-in-command to lead the BBC, he was a Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy?
... that before <b id="mwAWo"><a href="./Charles_Douglas_Carpendale" id="mwAWs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Charles Douglas Carpendale">Charles Douglas Carpendale</a></b> was hired to become <a href="./John_Reith,_1st_Baron_Reith" id="mwAWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Reith, 1st Baron Reith">John Reith</a>'s second-in-command to lead the BBC, he was a <a href="./Rear_admiral_(Royal_Navy)" id="mwAW0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rear admiral (Royal Navy)">Rear Admiral</a> in the <a href="./Royal_Navy" id="mwAW4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>?