Allegiance United Kingdom Role Royal Navy officer Rank Vice admiral Name Charles Norris Service/branch Royal Navy | Commands held Far East Fleet Years of service 1913 - 1956 Died 1989 | |
Battles/wars World War I
World War II Awards Order of the British Empire, Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order | ||
Education University of Cambridge Battles and wars World War I, World War II | ||
Vice Admiral Sir Charles (Fred Wivell) Norris KBE CB DSO (1900–1989) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet.
Naval career
Norris joined the Royal Navy in 1913. He served in World War I and took part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916. After the War he became a student at Cambridge University.
He also served in World War II as Second in Command of HMS Sheffield and then as Commander on HMS Bellona from 1943. He took part in the Normandy landings on Omaha Beach in 1944 and in the Murmansk Convoys in the Winter 1944 to 1945.
In 1948 he became Captain of the Fleet for the Home Fleet and in 1950 he was appointed Director of Naval Training and Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel at the Admiralty. He was made Flag Officer, Flotillas at Malta in 1953 and Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet in 1954; he retired in 1956.
In retirement he became a Director of the British Productivity Council.