Admiral Sir Clement Moody, (31 May 1891 – 6 July 1960) was a

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officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Fleet, from 1945 to 1946 and

Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic The Commander-in-Chief South Atlantic was an operational commander of the Royal Navy from 1939. The South American area was added to his responsibilities in 1960, and the post disestablished in 1967. Immediately before the outbreak of the Sec ...

, from 1946 to 1948.

Naval career

Moody was appointed a

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in the

in 1911. He served in the

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and, in 1935, was given command of .Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
/ref> He commanded the aircraft carrier from 1937. Moody served in the

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as Director of the Naval Air Division and then as second-in-command of Naval Air Stations in 1941. He was made second-in-command of Aircraft Carriers in Home Waters in 1943; in April 1944 he took part in

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, a

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raid on Japanese port and oil facilities on Sabang Island (off the northern tip of Sumatra). Moody went on to be

Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Fleet The Far East Fleet (also called the Far East Station) was a fleet of the Royal Navy which existed between 1952 and 1971. During the Second World War, the Eastern Fleet included many ships and personnel from other navies, including those of the N ...

, from 15 December 1945 to 8 March 1946.Guide to the archives on relations between the Netherlands and Indonesia 1945–1963, p. 63
His last appointment was as

, in 1946; he retired in 1948.

References

, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Moody, Clement 1891 births 1960 deaths Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Royal Navy admirals of World War II Royal Navy personnel of World War I Military personnel from Surrey