Edward Parry (Royal Navy officer)

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For the earlier admiral, see William Edward Parry.
Sir Edward Parry
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
Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke on the bridge of HMS Kelvin during a visit to France shortly after the Normandy landings, 12 June 1944. Behind the Prime Minister stands Rear Admiral Edward Parry.
Born(1893-04-08)8 April 1893
London, England[1]
Died21 August 1972(1972-08-21) (aged 79)
London, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
 British India
Service/branch Royal Navy
 Royal Indian Navy
Years of service1905–1951
RankAdmiral
Commands heldNew Zealand Division
HMS Renown
Royal Indian Navy
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States)
Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)

Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, KCB (8 April 1893 – 21 August 1972) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Naval career[edit]

Parry joined the Royal Navy 1905 and served in the First World War.[2] He was appointed Officer in charge of the Anti-Submarine Establishment at Portland in 1936.[2] In 1938 he attended the Imperial Defence College.[1]

During the Second World War, he served as Commander-in-Chief of the New Zealand Division commanding Template:HMNZS at the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939.[2] In this battle he was wounded in the legs when shrapnel hit the bridge. He assumed command of HMS Renown in 1943.[2] He took part in the Normandy landings and served on the staff of Allied Naval Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force in 1944.[2] After the war he became Deputy Head of the Naval Division at the Allied Control Commission in Germany.[2] Parry became Director of Naval Intelligence in July 1946 and Chief of Naval Staff (Commander-in-Chief) of the Royal Indian Navy in August 1948.[2] He was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1950 New Year Honours[3] before retiring in 1951.[2]

In the 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate, Parry was played by Jack Gwillim.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Royal Navy officer histories". Unit Histories. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  3. ↑ "No. 38799". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1949. p. 39.

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Military offices
Preceded by
Henry Horan 		Commander-in-Chief, New Zealand Division
1940–1941 		Post discontinued
Preceded by
Edmund Rushbrooke 		Director of Naval Intelligence
1946–1948 		Succeeded by
Eric Longley-Cook
Preceded by
John Talbot Savignac Hall 		Chief of the Naval Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Navy
1948–1951 		Succeeded by
Eric Longley-Cook

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