Clement Moody
Admiral Sir Clement Moody, (31 May 1891 – 6 July 1960) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Fleet, from 1945 to 1946 and Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic, from 1946 to 1948. Naval career. Moody was appointed a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1911. He served in the First World War and, in 1935, was given command of . He commanded the aircraft carrier from 1937. Moody served in the Second World War as Director of the Naval Air Division and then as second-in-command of Naval Air Stations in  1941. He was made second-in-command of Aircraft Carriers in Home Waters in 1943; in April 1944 he took part in Operation Cockpit, a bombing raid on Japanese port and oil facilities on Sabang Island (off the northern tip of Sumatra). Moody went on to be Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Fleet, from 15 December 1945 to 8 March 1946. His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic, in 1946; he retired in 1948.