Eric John Arthur Fullerton
Admiral SIR Eric John Arthur Fullerton, K.C.B., D.S.O., Royal Navy (28 November, 1878 – 9 November, 1962) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
His father was Admiral Sir John Reginald Thomas Fullerton, who died in mid-1918 at age 77.
Fullerton became a Lieutenant on 1 August, 1900.[1]
By his marriage in 1908 to Sybil Fisher, he became a son-in-law of the then First Sea Lord, Sir John Fisher.
Fullerton became a Commander on 1 August, 1910.[2]
Fullerton became a Captain on 31 December, 1914.[3]
He was appointed as Captain of H.M.S. Orion on 14 December, 1916.[4]
On 1 January, 1920 he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.).[5]
Fullerton was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 12 December, 1930, vice Kelly.[6]
World War II
In 1940, Fullerton was appointed to Eagle additional for Liverpool to help oversee a convoy pool. Successive postings that year placed him in the destroyer Watchful and then Yarmouth, but the source is not very illegible. In May, 1942, Fullerton was superseded and reverted to retired pay.[7]
Bibliography
- "Adml. Sir Eric Fullerton" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 12 November, 1962. Issue 55546, col E, p. 12.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/142.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/125.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/90.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/44.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by ? |
Captain of H.M.S. Severn 5 Aug, 1914[8] |
Succeeded by William B. C. Jones |
| Preceded by Oliver Backhouse |
Captain of H.M.S. Orion 14 Dec, 1916[9] |
Succeeded by Cecil H. Pilcher |
| Preceded by Frank Larken |
Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty 1 Apr, 1927[10] |
Succeeded by George K. Chetwode |
| Preceded by Bertram S. Thesiger |
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station 1929[11] |
Succeeded by Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith |
| Preceded by Sir Hubert G. Brand |
Commander in Chief, Plymouth Station 10 Oct, 1932[12] |
Succeeded by ? |
Footnotes
- ↑ Day of month not fully visible. Fullerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 518.
- ↑ Day of month not fully visible. Fullerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 518.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1919). p. 70.
- ↑ Dreyer. p. 95.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31712. p. 3. 1 January, 1920.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33670. p. 8076. 16 December, 1930.
- ↑ Fullerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 518.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 398.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 856.
- ↑ "Naval and Military" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 31 March, 1927. Issue 44544, col E, p. 7.
- ↑ Wikipedia article on East Indies Station
- ↑ Fullerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44 f. 518.
