Philip King Enright
Philip King Enright | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 August 1894 Liskeard, Cornwall |
| Died | 28 September 1960 (aged 66) Exmouth, Devon |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1910–1953 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held | HMS Grimsby HMS Cardiff HMS Cumberland |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Order of the British Empire Order of the Bath |
CB (4 August 1894 – 29 September 1960) was a Royal Navy
officer who saw active service during the Second World War. He was the first person to reach the rank of full admiral from the lower deck in the history of the Royal Navy.
Biography
Enright was born in
Liskeard, Cornwall, the son John and Bridget E. Enright,[1] and received his schooling at the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich, before joining the Navy aged 15 as a Boy, 2nd Class on 19 April 1910 at HMS Ganges, a naval training school based at Shotley, near Ipswich in Suffolk.[2] He later attended the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Admiral Enright was in fact the first person in the history of the Royal Navy to be promoted from the lower deck (non-commissioned ranks) to become a full admiral. In 1953 he was the honored guest at his old School (RHS) on Speech Day and took the salute at the Speech Day march past of the entire school.[1]
Promoted to
lieutenant commander on 28 June of that year, and from 1928 until 1931 was on the battleship Nelson of the Atlantic Fleet, being promoted again, to commander, on 31 December 1931. He spent most of 1932 serving as executive officer of the light cruiser Coventry in the Mediterranean.[1]
From March 1934 to February 1936 Enright was executive officer at the naval training school HMS Ganges, then from May 1936 to July 1937 was Naval Officer-in-Charge at
sloop Grimsby on the China Station, then served as both commander of the light cruiser Cardiff and as flag captain to the vice admiral commanding the Reserve Fleet Destroyer Flotillas from July 1939 until February 1941.[1]
From August 1942 into 1943 he served as
Eastern Fleet.[1]
From July 1946 until January 1947 he served as naval aide-de-camp to
vice admiral on 1 May 1950, he served as admiral superintendent of the Devonport Dockyard until May 1953.[1]
Enright retired from the Navy on 15 September 1953, receiving promotion to admiral that day.[4]
Admiral Enright died at Exmouth, Devon, on 29 September 1960.[1]
Awards
Enright was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on 11 June 1946,[5] a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) on 1 January 1949,[6] and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1952 New Years Honours.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 - E". unithistories.com. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
- ^ "HMS Ganges, Parent's Day Programme" (PDF). axfordsabode.org.uk. 27 June 1964. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
- ^ "No. 37872". The London Gazette. 4 February 1947. p. 614.
- ^ "No. 40052". The London Gazette. 29 December 1953. p. 7034.
- ^ "The London Gazette, Page 2881 of Issue 37603". london-gazette.co.uk. 7 June 1946. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
- ^ "The London Gazette, Page 2 of Issue 38493". london-gazette.co.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
- ^ "The London Gazette, Page 6 of Issue 39421". london-gazette.co.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2010.