Henry Ruthven Moore
Sir Henry Moore | |
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Mentioned in Despatches (United States)Legion of Merit |
CVO, DSO (29 August 1886 – 12 March 1978) was the last British admiral to command the Home Fleet during World War II
. He served in that post from 1944 to 1945.
Educated at Sherborne, Moore joined the Royal Navy in 1902.[1][2] He served in World War I taking part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
After the war Moore joined the staff of the
Chief of Staff for the Home Fleet in 1936 and Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in 1938.[2]
He served in
2nd Battle Squadron in June 1943 and Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet in 1944.[2]
After the War he was appointed Head of the British Naval Mission in
Chairman of the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations Security Council in 1946.[2] His final appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1948.[2] He retired in 1951.[3]
References
- ^ "The Sherborne Register 1550-1950" (PDF). Old Shirbirnian Society. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ "Royal Navy Officers 1939–1945". Retrieved 2 February 2007.
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