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Sir Henry Ruthven Moore (29 August 1886 – 12 March 1978) was the last British admiral to command the

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during

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. He served in that post from 1944 to 1945.

Naval career

Educated at Sherborne, Moore joined the

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in 1902.Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
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taking part in the

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in 1916. After the war Moore joined the staff of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and then became Naval Assistant Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence. Between 1928 and 1930 he commanded the cruisers and . He was appointed Deputy Director of Plans in 1930 and then took command of the cruiser in 1933. He went on to be

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for the

in 1936 and Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in 1938. He served in

initially as Commander of 3rd Cruiser Squadron and then as Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff from 1940. He became

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in 1941, Commander of the

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in June 1943 and Commander-in-Chief of the

in 1944. After the War he was appointed Head of the British Naval Mission in

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and then became the first

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of the Military Staff Committee of the

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in 1946. His final appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1948. He retired in 1951.

References

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