Admiral Sir Sidney Julius Meyrick KCB (28 March 1879 – 18 December 1973) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.
Naval career Meyrick joined the Royal Navy in 1893. He served in the First World War in HMS Erin and then in HMS Resolution in the Grand Fleet.Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
After the War he became Flag Captain commanding HMS Courageous and Chief Staff Officer to the Commander-in-Chief of the Reserve Fleet in 1920 and then moved on to be Commander of the 6th Destroyer Flotilla in 1921. He was made Flag Captain commanding HMS Revenge and Chief Staff Officer to the Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet in 1922.
He joined the Staff of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in 1923 and became Director of Training and Staff Duties at the Admiralty in 1926. He was appointed Flag Captain commanding and Captain of the Fleet to the Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet in 1927 before becoming Captain of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 1929 and Naval Secretary in 1932. He was then made Commander of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in 1934 and Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station in 1937.
At the start of the Second World War, formations under Meyrick's command as Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station, included the 8th Cruiser Squadron and two escort ships.The War at Sea 1939-1945; Chapter IV – Allied and Enemy War Plans and Dispositions In 1940 he was credited with forcing the Captain of the German liner Columbus to scuttle his ship.Scuttle Drill Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 18, 22 January 1940, Page 13 He retired in 1940.
He died at the family home and estate, Norton House, near Chichester in Sussex.Unit histories
Family In 1901 he married Judith Fullerton, the daughter of Admiral Sir John Fullerton;The Peerage.com they had three sons, named Timothy, Michael and Peter.
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