Denis Boyd

Denis Boyd
Sir Denis Boyd
Born 1891
Died 1965
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Years of service 1906-1949
Rank Vice Admiral
Commands held HMS Illustrious
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Cross

Admiral Sir Denis William Boyd KCB CBE DSC (1891–1965) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Fifth Sea Lord.

Naval career

Boyd joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1906 and served in World War I before being attached to the Australian Navy between 1926 and 1928.[1] He appointed Captain of the Destroyer Flotilla based at Malta during the Spanish Civil War in 1936.[1]

He also served in World War II commanding the Torpedo school HMS Vernon and then commanding the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious at the Battle of Taranto in 1940.[1] He commanded the Aircraft Carriers in the Mediterranean Fleet in 1941 and then commanded HMS Indomitable in the Eastern Fleet in 1942.[1] He was appointed Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Equipment in 1943.[1]

After the war he became Admiral (Air) and then, from 1946, Commander-in-Chief of the British Pacific Fleet;[2][3] he retired in 1949.[1]

In retirement he became Principal of Ashridge College.[4]

References

Military offices
Preceded by
Vacant
(Last held by Sir Lumley Lyster)
Fifth Sea Lord
1943–1945
Succeeded by
Sir Thomas Troubridge

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