Clement Moody

Sir Clement Moody
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/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1904–1948
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	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)

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.

Naval career

Moody 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

"No. 28543". The London Gazette. 19 October 1911. p. 7606.
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". www.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

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Arthur Power	Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Fleet 1945–1946	Succeeded by Sir Denis Boyd
Preceded by Sir Robert Burnett	Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic 1946–1948	Succeeded by Sir Desmond McCarthy

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[1] "No. 28543". The London Gazette. 19 October 1911. p. 7606.

[lh-2] Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

[3] "The Royal New Zealand Navy (pp 358 & 359)". NZETC. Retrieved 30 July 2007.

[4] Houterman, J.N. "Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 - M - Moody, Sir Clement". www.unithistories.com. Houterman and Kloppes, 2010–2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.

[5] Admiral Moody's visit The Straits Times, 16 February 1946, Page 4

[6] Guide to the archives on relations between the Netherlands and Indonesia 1945–1963, p. 63 Archived 19 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine