Peter Cazalet Explained

Sir Peter Cazalet
Birth Date:29 July 1899
Death Date:17 February 1982 (aged 82)
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Serviceyears:1917–1957
Rank:Vice Admiral
Branch: Royal Navy
Commands:HMS Durban
23rd Destroyer Flotilla
HMS London
Royal Naval Barracks Chatham
Reserve Fleet
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
Distinguished Service Cross

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Grenville Lyon Cazalet KBE CB DSO DSC (29 July 1899 – 17 February 1982) was a senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the Reserve Fleet.

Naval career

Cazalet joined the Royal Navy in 1917 and served as a midshipman in the battlecruiser HMS Princess Royal during World War I.[1] He also served in World War II as Commanding Officer of the cruiser HMS Durban in the Eastern Fleet from 1941 and saw action during the fall of Singapore.[2] He continued his war service as Commander of the 23rd Destroyer Flotilla from 1944.[1]

He became deputy director of Plans at the Admiralty in 1946, Commanding Officer of the cruiser HMS London in 1949 and Commodore at the Royal Naval Barracks Chatham in 1949.[1] He went on to be Chief of Staff to the Flag Officer, Central Europe in 1950, Allied Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in 1953 and Flag Officer commanding the Reserve Fleet in 1955 before retiring in 1957.[1]

In retirement he was Chairman of Navy League from 1960 to 1967.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/CAZALET.shtml Sir Peter Grenville Lyon Cazalet
  2. http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1030011349 Imperial War Museum