Sidney Julius Meyrick

Admiral SIR Sidney Julius Meyrick, K.C.B., R.N. (28 March, 1879 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Nottingham, Meyrick gained twelve months' time on passing out of Britannia in December, 1894.

Meyrick was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1899.

Meyrick was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 July, 1907.

Meyrick was granted the acting rank of Commander in September, 1913 while serving with the Greek government.

Meyrick was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1915.

Post-War

Meyrick was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1919.

Meyrick was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Courageous on 6 January, 1920.

In May, 1922, he was appointed in command of the battleship Revenge.

Meyrick was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 13 February, 1932.

Meyrick was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 2 January, 1936.

World War II

Meyrick was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 1 January, 1940 and placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 3 January, 1941.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by William R. Napier	Captain of H.M. T.B. 71 11 Jul, 1899 – 15 Jul, 1899	Succeeded by Gerald L. Saurin
Preceded by Harry C. J. R. West	Captain of H.M.S. Havock 21 Jul, 1903 – 18 Aug, 1903	Succeeded by Ernest Stevenson
Preceded by William Cooper	Captain of H.M.S. Swordfish 14 Jul, 1904 – 6 Sep, 1904	Succeeded by Douglas W. O'B. Forsyth
Preceded by Harold D. Briggs	Captain of H.M.S. Courageous 6 Jan, 1920 – 4 May, 1921	Succeeded by Arthur C. S. H. D'Aeth
Preceded by Edmond J. G. Mackinnon	Captain of H.M.S. Shakespeare 4 May, 1921 – 2 May, 1922	Succeeded by Sir Andrew B. Cunningham
Preceded by Charles A. Fremantle	Captain (D), Sixth Destroyer Flotilla 4 May, 1921 – 2 May, 1922	Succeeded by Sir Andrew B. Cunningham
Preceded by Henry J. S. Brownrigg	Captain of H.M.S. Revenge 3 May, 1922 – 3 May, 1923	Succeeded by Gilbert O. Stephenson
Preceded by Arthur L. Snagge	Director of Training and Staff Duties 1 Jul, 1926 – 1 Jul, 1927	Succeeded by Noel F. Laurence
Preceded by The Hon. Matthew R. Best	Captain of H.M.S. Nelson 1 Jul, 1927 – 15 Dec, 1928	Succeeded by Thomas H. Binney
Preceded by Thomas N. James	Captain of the Fleet, Atlantic Fleet 1 Jul, 1927	Succeeded by Robert C. Davenport
Preceded by Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith	Captain of Royal Naval College, Dartmouth 2 Jan, 1929 – 28 Dec, 1931	Succeeded by Norman A. Wodehouse
Preceded by George K. Chetwode	Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty 11 Jan, 1932 – 17 Sep, 1934	Succeeded by Guy C. C. Royle
Preceded by Percy L. H. Noble	Rear-Admiral Commanding, Second Cruiser Squadron 14 Dec, 1934 – 14 Dec, 1936	Succeeded by Thomas F. P. Calvert
Preceded by Matthew R. Best	Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station 15 Apr, 1937 – Mar, 1940	Succeeded by Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis