Frederick Parham
Admiral Sir Frederick Robertson Parham, GBE, KCB, DSO[2] (9 January 1901 – 20 March 1991) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.
Sir Frederick Parham | |
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| Born | 9 January 1901 Bath, Somerset, England |
| Died | 20 March 1991 (aged 90)[1] Chichester, West Sussex, England |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1913–1959 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held | HMS Shikari HMS Gurkha HMS Belfast HMS Vanguard Nore Command |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order |
Naval career
Educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth,[3] Parham joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1913.[4] He served in World War I as a midshipman on HMS Malaya.[4] In 1937 he was given command of HMS Shikari.[4]
He saw active service in the Second World War as Captain of the destroyer HMS Gurkha, which was sunk by enemy action in 1940.[5] From 1942 he had command of the cruiser HMS Belfast which remains permanently moored as a museum ship in London.[4]
After the War Parham commanded the battleship HMS Vanguard and then, in 1949 became Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel.[4] He was made Flag Officer (Flotillas) and Second in Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1951 and Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport in 1954.[4] Finally he was made Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, in 1955.[4] He retired in 1959.[4]
In retirement Parham chaired a Parliamentary Committee on Inland Waterways.[6]
Family
In 1926, he married Kathleen Dobrée; they had one son.[3] Following the death of his first wife, he married Joan Charig Saunders in 1978.[3]
References
- Andrews, Deborah (1992). Annual Obituary, 1991. St. James Press. p. 161. ISBN 9781558621756.
- "Cidadãos Estrangeiros Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- The Papers of Admiral Sir Frederick Parham
- "Sir Frederick Parham". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- Vian, Sir Philip (1960). Action This Day. London: Frederick Muller. p. 37.
- Inland Waterways Archived 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Hansard, 4 December 1959