Admiral Sir Clement Moody KCB

Order of the Bath

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 (1891–1960) was a Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.

Naval career

Moody was appointed a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 in 1911. He served in World War I

World War I

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 and in 1935 was given command of HMS Curacoa

HMS Curacoa (D41)

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. He commanded the aircraft carrier

Aircraft carrier

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 HMS Eagle

HMS Eagle (1918)

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 from 1937.

He served in World War II

World War II

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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 Operation Cockpit

Operation Cockpit

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, a bombing

Airstrike

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 raid on Japanese port and oil facilities on Sabang

Sabang

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 Island (off the northern tip of Sumatra

Sumatra

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).

He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1945. His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station

South Atlantic Station

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in 1946; he retired in 1948.