Clement Moody

Admiral Sir Clement Moody, KCB (31 May 1891 – 6 July 1960) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Fleet, from 1945 to 1946 and Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic, from 1946 to 1948.

For the 19th-century Vicar of Newcastle, see Clement Moody (clergyman).
Sir Clement Moody
Rear Admiral Clement Moody in 1941
Born(1891-05-31)31 May 1891
Frensham, Surrey, England
Died6 July 1960(1960-07-06) (aged 69)
Fleet, Hampshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1904–1948
RankAdmiral
Commands heldSouth Atlantic (1946–48)
East Indies Fleet (1945–46)
Eastern Fleet Aircraft Carriers (1943–44)
Home Fleet Aircraft Carriers (1943)
Rear Admiral, Naval Air Stations (1941–43)
HMS Eagle (1937–39)
HMS Curacoa (1934–35)
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Mentioned in Despatches (3)

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

Moody served in the Second World War 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]

Moody went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Fleet, from 15 December 1945 to 8 March 1946.[4][5][6] His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic, in 1946; he retired in 1948.[2]

References
  1. "No. 28543". The London Gazette. 19 October 1911. p. 7606.
  2. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  3. "The Royal New Zealand Navy (pp 358 & 359)". NZETC. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
  4. Houterman, J.N. "Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 - M - Moody, Sir Clement". unithistories.com. Houterman and Kloppes, 2010–2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  5. Admiral Moody's visit The Straits Times, 16 February 1946, Page 4
  6. Guide to the archives on relations between the Netherlands and Indonesia 1945–1963, p. 63 Archived 19 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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