Cyril Fuller

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Sir Cyril Fuller
Birth nameCyril Thomas Moulden Fuller
Born22 May 1874[1]
Isle of Wight, Hampshire
Died1 February 1942(1942-02-01) (aged 67)
Long Buckby, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1887–1935
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Cumberland
HMS Challenger
HMS Astraea
HMS Repulse
Battlecruiser Squadron
Battles/warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order

Admiral Sir Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller KCB CMG DSO (22 May 1874 – 1 February 1942) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.

Early life[]

Fuller was born in the Isle of Wight, the son of Capt Thomas Fuller. He joined the Britannia training college as a cadet in July 1892.[2]

Naval career[]

Fuller joined the Royal Navy in 1887. He served in World War I as Senior Naval Officer for the Togoland and Cameroons expedition forces in 1914 and then successively commanded the cruisers HMS Cumberland, HMS Challenger and HMS Astraea.[3] He commanded battlecruiser HMS Repulse from 1916 and then became Director of Naval Plans at the Admiralty in 1917.[3] He was Head of the British Naval Section at the Peace Conference in Paris in 1919.[3]

After the War he became Chief of Staff for the Atlantic Fleet in 1920 and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1922.[3] He was made Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy in 1923 and given command of the Battlecruiser Squadron in 1925.[3] He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the America and West Indies Station in 1928 and Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel in 1930.[3] He retired in 1935.[3]

During World War II he was Zone commander for the North Riding of Yorkshire Home Guard.[4]

Family[]

In 1902 he married Edith Margaret Connell.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Fuller, Cyril Thomas Moulden". The National Archives' catalogue. The National Archives (UK). 15 July 1887. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Adml. Sir Eric Fullerton - Former Commander at Plymouth". The Times. 3 February 1942. p. 7.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "FULLER, Sir Cyril Thomas Moulden (1874-1942), Admiral". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. King's College London. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Biography of Admiral Sir Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller HMS Hood Association
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Frederick Field 		Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy
1923–1925 		Succeeded by
Sir Ernle Chatfield
Preceded by
Sir Frederick Field 		Commander, Battlecruiser Squadron
1925–1927 		Succeeded by
Sir Frederic Dreyer
Preceded by
Sir Walter Cowan 		Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station
1928–1930 		Succeeded by
Sir Vernon Haggard
Preceded by
Sir Michael Hodges 		Second Sea Lord
1930–1932 		Succeeded by
Sir Dudley Pound
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