Admiral Sir Charles Thomas Mark Pizey was a Royal Navy officer who served as the last Commander-in-Chief and first Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy from 1951 to 1955.
Occupation
naval officer
Position held
Chief of the Naval Staff, Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
Citizenship
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born
June 17, 1899
Died
May 17, 1993
Overview
Admiral Sir Charles Thomas Mark Pizey (17 June 1899 – 17 May 1993) was a Royal Navy officer who served as the last Commander-in-Chief and first Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy from 1951 to 1955.
Early life and career
Pizey was born in Axbridge, Somerset, the son of the Rev. Charles Edward Pizey (1853–1932), and Geraldine Fowle (1866–1949). He joined the Royal Navy in 1912 and served as a midshipman aboard HMS Conway and during the First World War. He was promoted to sub-lieutenant on 15 December 1918 and to lieutenant on 15 December 1920, serving on from 1921 to 1923. Pizey then served as a First Lieutenant, first aboard in the Atlantic Fleet from 1924 to 1925, and then aboard in the Mediterranean from 1926 to 1927.
He was promoted to lieutenant commander on 15 December 1928. and served from 1929 to 1930 as Flag Lieutenant-Commander to Vice Admiral Sir W.A. Howard Kelly in the Mediterranean, aboard the battleship HMS Revenge. From 1930 to 1932 he commanded the destroyers and . He was promoted to commander on 31 December 1933. From 1935 to 1937, he was the Executive Officer aboard in the Mediterranean, and then commanded the destroyer in the Home Fleet from 1938 to 1939.
Second World War
