Sydney Raw

Sir Sydney Raw
Born 1898
Died 1967
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Rank Vice Admiral
Commands held HMS Medway
HMS Phoebe
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Vice Admiral Sir Sydney Moffatt Raw KBE CB (1898–1967) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Fourth Sea Lord.

Raw served in World War I and fought at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.[1] He also served in World War II and led the naval work on the recovery of the submarine HMS Thetis off Anglesey in 1939[2] before being given command of the submarine tender HMS Medway in 1940[3] and being appointed Chief of Staff to the Admiral (Submarines) in 1942.[1] He also commanded the cruiser HMS Phoebe during operations on the Burma coast from 1944.[1]

In 1947 he was appointed Commodore at the Royal Naval Barracks Devonport before becoming Flag Officer Submarines in 1950 and Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport in 1952.[1]

References

Military offices
Preceded by
Guy Grantham
Flag Officer Submarines
1950–1952
Succeeded by
George Simpson
Preceded by
Earl Mountbatten
Fourth Sea Lord
19521954
Succeeded by
Sir Frederick Parham
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 5/7/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.