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Fuller, Cyril Thomas Moulden

Date of birth:
May 22nd, 1874 (Isle of Wight/Hampshire, England)
Date of death:
February 1st, 1942 (Long Buckby-Daventry/Northamptonshire, England)
Nationality:
British

Biography

Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller was born on May 22nd, 1874 as the son to Army Captain Thomas Fuller and Mary Ada Fuller-Fryer.

Promotions:
1887: Cadet;
April 14th, 1894: Lieutenant;
December 31st, 1903: Commander;
December 31st, 1910: Captain;
June 19th, 1921: Rear-Admiral;
July 8th, 1926: Vice-Admiral;
May 15th, 1930: Admiral.

Career:
1887: Royal Navy Colledge;
?: Rainbow, China Station;
December 6th, 1907: Commanding Officer HMS Patrol (1904);
February 25th, 1908: Commanding Officer 3rd Class cruiser, HMS Alacrity (1885);
1914: Senior Naval Officer, Togoland and Cameroon expedition Forces;
?: Commander, Target Practice Section, Naval Ordnance Department;
May 19th, 1914: Commanding Officer cruiser HMS Cumberland (1902);
December 1914: Commanding Officer cruiser HMS Challenger (1902);
March 1915: Commanding Officer 2nd Class cruiser HMS Astraea (1893);
August 2nd, 1916: Commanding Officer HMS Repulse (34);
October 1917: Assistant Director of Naval Plans, Admiralty;
January 1st, 1918: Director of Naval Plans, Admiralty;
1919: Head, British Naval Section, Paris Peace Conference;
May 1st, 1920: Chief of Staff, Atlantic Fleet;
November 25th, 1920: Naval Aide-de-Camp King George V;
December 1st, 1922: Assistant Chief of Naval Staff;
May 15th, 1923: Third Sea Lord / Controller of the Navy;
April 30th, 1925: Commanding Officer Battlecruiser Squadron;
June 5th, 1928: Commander-in-Chief America and West Indies Station;
May 26th, 1930: Second Sea Lord / Chief of Naval Personnel;
1935: Retirement;
1940: Zone Commander, North Riding of Yorkshire Home Guard.

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Awarded on:
1894
Awarded on:
June 4th, 1928
Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB, military division)
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Mentioned in Dispatches

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