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| {{Short description|Royal Navy admiral (1893–1972)}}
| | #REDIRECT [[Edward Parry (Royal Navy officer, born 1893)]] |
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| |name= Sir Edward Parry
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| |image=File:Winston Churchill and General Sir Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, on the bridge of HMS KELVIN during a visit to Normandy, 12 June 1944. A24024.jpg
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| |caption=Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]] and Field Marshal [[Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke|Sir Alan Brooke]] on the bridge of [[HMS Kelvin (F37)|HMS Kelvin]] during a visit to France shortly after the [[Normandy landings]], 12 June 1944. Behind the Prime Minister stands Rear Admiral Edward Parry.
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| |birth_date= {{birth date|df=yes|1893|4|8}}
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| |birth_place= [[London]], England<ref name="Officers of the Royal Navy">{{cite web|url=https://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersP.html#Parry_WE|title=Royal Navy officer histories|publisher=Unit Histories|access-date=2022-05-14}}</ref>
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| |death_date= {{death date and age|df=yes|1972|8|21|1893|4|8}}
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| |death_place= London, England
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| |allegiance= {{flag|United Kingdom}}<br/>{{flag|British India}}
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| |branch={{navy|United Kingdom}}<br/>{{navy|British India}}
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| |serviceyears= 1905–1951
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| |rank= [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]]
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| |commands= [[New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy|New Zealand Division]]<br/>{{HMS|Renown|1916|6}}<br/>[[Royal Indian Navy]]
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| |battles= [[First World War]]<br/>[[Second World War]]
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| * [[Battle of the River Plate]]
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| * [[Normandy landings]]
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| |awards= [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]]<br/>[[Legion of Merit|Commander of the Legion of Merit]] (United States)<br/>[[Officer of the Legion of Honour]] (France)
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| [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] '''Sir William Edward Parry''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}} (8 April 1893 – 21 August 1972) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]].
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| ==Naval career==
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| Parry joined the Royal Navy 1905 and served in the [[First World War]].<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/PARRY3.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref> He was appointed Officer in charge of the Anti-Submarine Establishment at [[Portland Harbour|Portland]] in 1936.<ref name=lh/> In 1938 he attended the [[Royal College of Defence Studies|Imperial Defence College]].<ref name="Officers of the Royal Navy" />
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| During the [[Second World War]], he served as Commander-in-Chief of the [[New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy|New Zealand Division]] commanding {{HMNZS|Achilles|70|6}} at the [[Battle of the River Plate]] in December 1939.<ref name=lh/> In this battle he was wounded in the legs when shrapnel hit the bridge. He assumed command of {{HMS|Renown|1916|6}} in 1943.<ref name=lh/> He took part in the [[Normandy landings]] and served on the staff of Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force in 1944.<ref name=lh/> After the war he became Deputy Head of the Naval Division at the [[Allied Commission|Allied Control Commission]] in Germany.<ref name=lh/> Parry became [[Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom)|Director of Naval Intelligence]] in July 1946 and [[Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy|Chief of Naval Staff]] (Commander-in-Chief) of the [[Royal Indian Navy]] in August 1948.<ref name=lh/> He was advanced to [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]] in the 1950 [[New Year Honours]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38799|supp=y|page=39|date=30 December 1949}}</ref> before retiring in 1951.<ref name=lh/>
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| In the 1956 film [[The Battle of the River Plate (film)|''The Battle of the River Plate'']], Parry was played by [[Jack Gwillim]].
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| ==References==
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RN_officersP.html#Parry_WE Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939–1945]
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| {{s-bef|before=[[John Talbot Savignac Hall]]}}
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| {{s-ttl|title=[[Chief of the Naval Staff (India)|Chief of the Naval Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Navy]]|years=1948–1951}}
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| {{s-aft|after=[[Eric Longley-Cook]]}}
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