Edward Parry (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, KCB (8 April 1893 – 21 August 1972) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

For the earlier admiral, see William Edward Parry.

Sir Edward Parry
Prime Minister Winston Churchill on 12 June 1944, on board a destroyer going to France, with Field Marshal Jan Smuts, Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke and Rear Admiral W E Parry (bottom right).
Born(1893-04-08)8 April 1893
Died21 August 1972(1972-08-21) (aged 79)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1905–1951
RankAdmiral
Commands heldNew Zealand Division
HMS Renown
Indian Navy
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States)
Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)

Parry joined the Royal Navy 1905 and served in the First World War.[1] He was appointed Officer in charge of the Anti-Submarine Establishment at Portland in 1936.[1] During the Second World War, he served as Commander-in-Chief of the New Zealand Division commanding HMNZS Achilles at the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939.[1] In this battle he was wounded in the legs when shrapnel hit the bridge. He assumed command of HMS Renown in 1943.[1] He took part in the Normandy landings and served on the staff of Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force in 1944.[1] After the war he became Deputy Head of the Naval Division at the Allied Control Commission in Germany.[1] Parry became Director of Naval Intelligence in July 1946 and Chief of Naval Staff (Commander-in-Chief) of the Royal Indian Navy in August 1948.[1] He was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1950 New Year Honours[2] before retiring in 1951.[1]

In the 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate, Parry was played by Jack Gwillim.

References
  1. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. "No. 38799". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1949. p. 39.
Military offices
Preceded by
Henry Horan		 Commander-in-Chief, New Zealand Division
1940–1941		 Post discontinued
Preceded by
Edmund Rushbrooke		 Director of Naval Intelligence
1946–1948		 Succeeded by
Eric Longley-Cook


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