Cyril Fuller

Sir Cyril Fuller
Sir Cyril Fuller
Birth name	Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller
Born	22 May 1874[1]; Isle of Wight, Hampshire
Died	1 February 1942 (aged 67); Long Buckby, Daventry, Northamptonshire, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1887–1935
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Cumberland; HMS Challenger; HMS Astraea; HMS Repulse; Battlecruiser Squadron
Battles/wars	World War I; World War II
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath; Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George; Distinguished Service Order

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.

Early life

Fuller was born in the Isle of Wight, the son of Capt Thomas Fuller. He joined the Britannia training college as a cadet in July 1892.[2]

Fuller joined the Royal Navy in 1887. He served in World War I 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 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 he 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]

In 1902 he married Edith Margaret Connell.[4]

"Fuller, Cyril Thomas Moulden". The National Archives' catalogue. The National Archives (UK). 15 July 1887. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
"Obituary: Adml. Sir Eric Fullerton - Former Commander at Plymouth". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 3 February 1942. p. 7.
"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.
Biography of Admiral Sir Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller HMS Hood Association

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Frederick Field	Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy 1923–1925	Succeeded by Sir Ernle Chatfield
Preceded by Sir Frederick Field	Commander, Battlecruiser Squadron 1925–1927	Succeeded by Sir Frederic Dreyer
Preceded by Sir Walter Cowan	Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station 1928–1930	Succeeded by Sir Vernon Haggard
Preceded by Sir Michael Hodges	Second Sea Lord 1930–1932	Succeeded by Sir Dudley Pound

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