Admiral Sir Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller KCB

Order of the Bath

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 CMG

Order of St Michael and St George

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 DSO

Distinguished Service Order

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 (1874–1942) was a senior Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 officer who went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel

Second Sea Lord

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Naval career

Fuller joined the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 in 1887. He served in World War I

World War I

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 as Senior Naval Officer for the Togoland and Cameroons expedition

West Africa Campaign (World War I)

The West Africa Campaign of World War I consisted of two small and fairly short military operations to capture the German colonies in West Africa: Togoland and Kamerun.-Overview:...

 forces in 1914 and then successively commanded the cruisers HMS Cumberland

HMS Cumberland (1902)

HMS Cumberland was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser of the British Royal Navy. She was built by London & Glasgow Co. and launched on 16 December 1902. She served in the First World War with most of her sisters, seeing service in the Cameroons...

, HMS Challenger

HMS Challenger (1902)

HMS Challenger was a second-class protected cruiser of the Challenger class of the Royal Navy.Commissioned on 30 May 1904, she commenced duty on the Australia Station. She was paid off into reserve on 10 October 1912 before recommissioning during the First World War...

 and HMS Astraea

HMS Astraea (1893)

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. He commanded battlecruiser

Battlecruiser

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 HMS Repulse

HMS Repulse (1916)

HMS Repulse was a Renown-class battlecruiser of the Royal Navy built during the First World War. She was originally laid down as an improved version of the s. Her construction was suspended on the outbreak of war on the grounds she would not be ready in a timely manner...

 from 1916 and then became Director of Naval Plans at the Admiralty

Admiralty

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 in 1917. He was Head of the British Naval Section at the Peace Conference in Paris

Paris

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 in 1919.

After the War he became Chief of Staff for the Atlantic Fleet in 1920 and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1922. He was made Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy

Third Sea Lord

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 in 1923 and given command of the Battle Cruiser Squadron

Battlecruiser Squadron (United Kingdom)

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 in 1925. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the America and West Indies Station in 1928 and Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel

Second Sea Lord

The Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command , commonly just known as the Second Sea Lord , is one of the most senior admirals of the British Royal Navy , and is responsible for personnel and naval shore establishments.-History:In 1805, for the first time, specific functions were...

 in 1930. He retired in 1935.

During World War II

World War II

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 he was Zone commander for the North Riding of Yorkshire

North Riding of Yorkshire

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 Home Guard.