Admiral Sir Clement Moody, KCB (31 May 1891 – 6 July 1960) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Fleet, from 1945 to 1946 and Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic, from 1946 to 1948.
Sir Clement Moody | |
|---|---|
 Rear Admiral Clement Moody in 1941 | |
| Born | 31 May 1891 Frensham, Surrey, England |
| Died | 6 July 1960 (aged 69) Fleet, Hampshire, England |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1904–1948 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands | South Atlantic (1946–48) East Indies Fleet (1945–46) Eastern Fleet Aircraft Carriers (1943–44) Home Fleet Aircraft Carriers (1943) Rear Admiral, Naval Air Stations (1941–43) HMS Eagle (1937–39) HMS Curacoa (1934–35) |
| Battles / wars | First World War Second World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Mentioned in Despatches (3) |
Naval career
editMoody was appointed a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1911.[1] He served in the First World War and, in 1935, was given command of HMS Curacoa.[2] He commanded the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle from 1937.[2]
Moody served in the Second World War 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]
Moody went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Fleet, from 15 December 1945 to 8 March 1946.[4][5][6] His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic, in 1946; he retired in 1948.[2]
References
edit- ^ "No. 28543". The London Gazette. 19 October 1911. p. 7606.
- ^ a b c d Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ "The Royal New Zealand Navy (pp 358 & 359)". NZETC. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
- ^ Houterman, J.N. "Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 - M - Moody, Sir Clement". unithistories.com. Houterman and Kloppes, 2010–2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ 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 Archived 19 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine