Sir Cyril Fuller
Born(1874-05-22)22 May 1874
Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England
Died1 February 1942(1942-02-01) (aged 67)
Long Buckby, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1887–1935
RankAdmiral
Commands heldSecond Sea Lord (1930–32)
America and West Indies Station (1928–30)
Battlecruiser Squadron (1925–27)
HMS Repulse (1916–17)
HMS Astraea (1915–16)
HMS Challenger (1914–15)
HMS Cumberland (1914)
HMS Alacrity (1908–10)
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches

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 from 1930 to 1932.

Early life

Fuller was born in the Isle of Wight on 22 May 1874,[1] the son of Captain Thomas Fuller of the British Army. He joined the Britannia Royal Naval College as a cadet in 1887.[2]

Naval career

Fuller served in the First World War 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 the 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, Fuller 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 the Second World War, Fuller was Zone commander for the North Riding of Yorkshire Home Guard.[4]

Family

In 1902 Fuller 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. ^ 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. ^ a b Biography of Admiral Sir Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller HMS Hood Association
Military offices Preceded bySir Frederick Field Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy 1923–1925 Succeeded bySir Ernle Chatfield Commander, Battlecruiser Squadron 1925–1927 Succeeded bySir Frederic Dreyer Preceded bySir Walter Cowan Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station 1928–1930 Succeeded bySir Vernon Haggard Preceded bySir Michael Hodges Second Sea Lord 1930–1932 Succeeded bySir Dudley Pound
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