Clement Moody

Sir Clement Moody
Sir Clement Moody
Born	1891
Died	1960
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Curacoa HMS Eagle East Indies Station South Atlantic Station
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir Clement Moody KCB (1891–1960) was a Royal Navy who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.

Naval career

Moody was appointed a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1911.^[1] He served in World War I and in 1935 was given command of HMS Curacoa.^[2] He commanded the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle from 1937.^[2]

He served in World War II 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]

He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1945.^[4][5] His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station in 1946; he retired in 1948.^[2]

References

1. ^ London Gazette: no. 28543. p. 7606. 19 October 1911. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
3. ^ "The Royal New Zealand Navy (pp 358 & 359)". NZETC. http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Navy-c23.html. Retrieved 2007-07-30. 
4. ^ Admiral Moody's visit The Straits Times, 16 February 1946, Page 4
5. ^ Guide to the archives on relations between the Netherlands and Indonesia 1945-1963, p. 63

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

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Name	Moody, Clement
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Date of birth	1891
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Date of death	1960
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