Sir Clement Moody | |
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![]() Sir Clement Moody | |
Born | 1891 |
Died | 1960 (aged 68–69) |
Allegiance |
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Service/branch |
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Rank | Admiral |
Commands held |
HMS Curacoa HMS Eagle East Indies Station South Atlantic Station |
Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Sir Clement Moody KCB (1891 – 1960) was a Royal Navy who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.
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Moody was appointed a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1911.[1] He served in World War I and in 1935 was given command of HMS Curacoa.[2] He commanded the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle from 1937.[2]
He served in World War II as Director of the Naval Air Division and then as Second-in-Command of Naval Air Stations in 1941.[2] He was made Second-in-Command of Aircraft Carriers in Home Waters in 1943; in April 1944 he took part in Operation Cockpit, a bombing raid on Japanese port and oil facilities on Sabang Island (off the northern tip of Sumatra).[3]
He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1945.[4][5] His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station in 1946; he retired in 1948.[2]
References[]
- ↑ "No. 28543". 19 October 1911. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28543/page/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ↑ "The Royal New Zealand Navy (pp 358 & 359)". NZETC. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Navy-c23.html. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
- ↑ Admiral Moody's visit The Straits Times, 16 February 1946, Page 4
- ↑ Guide to the archives on relations between the Netherlands and Indonesia 1945-1963, p. 63
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