Admiral (Royal Navy), Admiral The Honourable Sir Cyril Eustace Douglas-Pennant Order of the Bath, KCB Order of the British Empire, CBE Distinguished Service Order, DSO Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom), DSC (7 April 1894 – 3 April 1961) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.
Naval career
Born the son of Baron Penrhyn, Frank Douglas-Pennant, 5th Baron Penrhyn, Cyril Douglas-Pennant joined the Royal Navy in 1907.
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He also served in World War II as Captain of the cruiser . He went on to command the assault forces from which landed on Gold Beach during the Normandy landings in 1944.Combined operations]
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After the War he became Commandant of the Joint Service Defence College, Joint Services Staff College and then Flag Officer (Air) and Second in Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1948.[ He was appointed Senior Naval Representative for the British Joint Services Mission to Washington, D.C., in 1950 and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, in 1952.][ He retired in 1953.][
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Family
In 1917 he married Phyllis Constance Leigh.[The Peerage.com]
/ref> Following a divorce from his first wife, he married Sheila Brotherhood in 1937.[
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1894 births
1961 deaths
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