Cyril Fuller

Sir Cyril Fuller
Born	1874
Died	1942
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1887 - 1935
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Cumberland HMS Challenger HMS Astraea HMS Repulse
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 (1874–1942) was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel.

Naval career

Fuller joined the Royal Navy in 1887.^[1] 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.^[1] He commanded battlecruiser HMS Repulse from 1916 and then became Director of Naval Plans at the Admiralty in 1917.^[1] He was Head of the British Naval Section at the Peace Conference in Paris in 1919.^[1]

After the War he became Chief of Staff for the Atlantic Fleet in 1920 and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1922.^[1] He was made Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy in 1923 and given command of the Battle Cruiser Squadron in 1925.^[1] 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.^[1] He retired in 1935.^[1]

During World War II he was Zone commander for the North Riding of Yorkshire Home Guard.^[2]

Family

In 1902 he married Edith Margaret Connell.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
2. ^ ^{a b} 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 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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Name	Fuller:Cyril
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Date of birth	1874
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Date of death	1942
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