Charles Norris (Royal Navy officer) explained

Sir Charles Norris
Birth Date:16 December 1900
Death Date:17 December 1989 (aged 89)
Birth Place:Erith, Kent[1] [2]
Birth Name:Charles Fred Wivell Norris
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Serviceyears:1913–1956
Rank:Vice Admiral
Battles:World War I
World War II
Awards:Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

Vice Admiral Sir Charles Fred Wivell Norris KBE CB DSO (16 December 1900 – 17 December 1989) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet.

Naval career

Norris joined the Royal Navy in 1913.[3] He served in World War I and took part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916.[3] After the War he became a student at Cambridge University.[3]

He also served in World War II as Second in Command of and then as Commander on HMS Bellona from 1943.[3] He took part in the Normandy landings on Omaha Beach in 1944 and in the Murmansk Convoys in the Winter 1944 to 1945.[3]

In 1948 he became Captain of the Fleet for the Home Fleet and in 1950 he was appointed Director of Naval Training and Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel, (Training) at the Admiralty.[3] He was made Flag Officer Flotillas, Mediterranean,[4] at Malta in 1953 and Commander-in-Chief, East Indies in 1954; he retired in 1956.[3]

In retirement he became a Director of the British Productivity Council.[5]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. 1901 England Census
  2. London, England, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681–1930
  3. Web site: King's Collections : Archive Catalogues : Military Archives. kingscollections.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20110205224622/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/NORRIS1.shtml. 5 February 2011.
  4. Encyclopedia: Norris, Vice-Adm. Sir Charles (Fred Wivell) . Who's Who . 1 December 2007 . 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u167657 . A & C Black and Oxford University Press . Oxford . en. Norris, Vice-Adm. Sir Charles (Fred Wivell), (16 Dec. 1900–17 Dec. 1989) .
  5. Web site: Time and Motion Study Volume 7 Issue 2. emeraldinsight.com.