Henry Horan | |
Birth Date: | 12 August 1890 |
Death Date: | 15 August 1961 (aged 71) |
Birth Place: | Newcastle West, County Limerick, UK[1] |
Death Place: | Haslar, England |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Serviceyears: | 1910–1941 |
Rank: | Rear-Admiral |
Branch: | Royal Navy |
Commands: | HMS Coventry HMS Barham New Zealand Division |
Battles: | World War I World War II |
Rear-Admiral Henry Edward Horan CB DSC (12 August 1890 – 15 August 1961) was an Irish Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief of the New Zealand Division.[2]
Horan was born in Newcastle West, County Limerick to John Horan, a civil engineer, and Elizabeth Hannah Barker.[3] He was educated at Stubbington House School. He entered Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth in January 1906.[2]
Horan entered the Royal Navy in 1910 and served in World War I[4] taking part in the Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1914.[5] He was appointed Commanding Officer of the cruiser HMS Coventry in 1931,[6] Senior Naval Member on the Directing Staff at the Imperial Defence College in October 1935[7] and Commanding Officer of the battleship HMS Barham in 1937.[6]
He also served in World War II as Commander-in-Chief of the New Zealand Division from December 1939 to April 1940[7] before retiring in 1941.[4] In early retirement he served as a staff officer in Combined Operations Headquarters in Richmond Terrace, London.[8] He was made a CB in the New Year Honours 1947.