Cyril Douglas-Pennant Explained

Honorific Prefix:Admiral The Honourable
Sir Cyril Douglas-Pennant
Birth Date:7 April 1894
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Serviceyears:1907–1953
Rank:Admiral
Commands:
The Nore
Branch: Royal Navy
Battles: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 Order
Distinguished Service Cross

Admiral The Honourable Sir Cyril Eustace Douglas-Pennant KCB CBE DSO DSC (7 April 1894 – 3 April 1961) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.

Naval career

Born the son of Frank Douglas-Pennant, 5th Baron Penrhyn, Cyril Douglas-Pennant joined the Royal Navy in 1907.[1] He served in World War I.[1]

He also served in World War II as Captain of the cruiser .[2] He went on to command the assault forces from which landed on Gold Beach during the Normandy landings in 1944.[3]

After the War he became Commandant of the Joint Services Staff College and then Flag Officer (Air) and Second in Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1948.[1] He was appointed Senior Naval Representative for the British Joint Services Mission to Washington, D.C., in 1950 and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, in 1952.[1] He retired in 1953.[1]

Family

In 1917 he married Phyllis Constance Leigh.[4] Following a divorce from his first wife, he married Sheila Brotherhood in 1937.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/PENNANT.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. http://www.uboat.net/allies/commanders/749.html Uboat.net
  3. http://www.combinedops.com/HEADQUARTERS%20SHIPS.htm Combined operations
  4. http://thepeerage.com/p7948.htm#i79479 The Peerage.com