Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller

Admiral Cyril T. M. Fuller, 1930.
Portrait: © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Admiral SIR Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller, K.C.B., D.S.M.(US) Royal Navy (22 May, 1874 – 1 February, 1942) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

Fuller was the son of Thomas Fuller, late captain in the 18th Hussars, by his wife, Mary Ada, daughter of Frederick William Fryer, of Clarence House, West Cowes, where the child was born 22 May 1874.

Fuller was awarded the Goodenough Medal for 1894 for being the Sub-Lieutenant who achieved the highest gunnery examination for the given year and who also achieved a first-class certificate in seamanship.

He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 14 April, 1894.

In 1896 after completing an appointment in Rainbow on the China Station, he was thanked for a report he'd compiled on Kure, Japan.

Fuller was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1903.

Captain

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1910.

After some time in charge of the Target Practice Section of the Naval Ordnance Department, Fuller was appointed to command the cadet training cruiser Cumberland on 19 May, 1914.. In November, he assumed command of the second class protected cruiser Challenger.

In March 1915, he assumed command of the second class protected cruiser Astræa, staying with her until May 1916.

He was appointed to command the battlecruiser Repulse on 2 August, 1916.

As a Commodore, First Class, Fuller was appointed to command Queen Elizabeth on 1 May, 1920.

Fuller was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King George V on 25 November, 1920, vice Sinclair.

Fuller was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 19 June, 1921.

He was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 8 July, 1926. On the occasion of the King's birthday he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 4 June, 1928.

On 15 May, 1930, he was promoted to the rank of Admiral, vice Duff.

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• "Admiral Sir Cyril Fuller" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 3 February, 1942. Issue 49150, col E, pg. 7.

Service Records

• The National Archives. ADM 196/141.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/89.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/43.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Wilfred Henderson	Captain of H.M.S. Patrol 6 Nov, 1907 – 25 Feb, 1908	Succeeded by Hugh F. W. Wyldbore-Smith
Preceded by Eustace La T. Leatham	Captain of H.M.S. Alacrity 25 Feb, 1908 – 27 Jan, 1910	Succeeded by Alexander Lowndes
Preceded by Aubrey C. H. Smith	Captain of H.M.S. Cumberland 19 May, 1914 – Dec, 1914	Succeeded by Charles P. Beaty-Pownall
Preceded by Charles P. Beaty-Pownall	Captain of H.M.S. Challenger Dec, 1914 – Mar, 1915	Succeeded by Alfred C. Sykes
Preceded by Alfred C. Sykes	Captain of H.M.S. Astræa Mar, 1915 – May, 1916	Succeeded by Valentine E. B. Phillimore
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Repulse 2 Aug, 1916 – Sep, 1917	Succeeded by John S. Dumaresq
Preceded by ?	Assistant Director of Plans Oct, 1917 – 1 Jan, 1918	Succeeded by A. Dudley P. R. Pound
Preceded by Roger J. B. Keyes	Director of Plans 1 Jan, 1918 – 1 May, 1920	Succeeded by Barry E. Domvile
Preceded by ?	Chief of Staff to C-in-C, Atlantic Fleet 1 May, 1920 – 14 Aug, 1922	Succeeded by Arthur J. Davies
Preceded by Sir A. Ernle M. Chatfield	Assistant Chief of Naval Staff 1 Dec, 1922	Succeeded by Arthur K. Waistell
Preceded by Sir Frederick L. Field	Vice-Admiral Commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron 30 Apr, 1925 – 21 May, 1927	Succeeded by Frederic C. Dreyer
Preceded by Walter Henry Cowan	Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station 5 Jun, 1928 – 7 May, 1930	Succeeded by Vernon H. S. Haggard
Preceded by Sir Hubert G. Brand	Second Sea Lord 26 May, 1930 – 31 Aug, 1932	Succeeded by Sir Alfred D. P. R. Pound