12 April 1976(1976-04-12) (aged 86) Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Years of service
1904–1950
Rank
Admiral of the Fleet
Commands held
HMAS Vampire HMS Kent HMS Nelson HMS Vernon HMS Barham South Atlantic Station 3rd Battle Squadron Force B Force H Levant Mediterranean Fleet Portsmouth Command
Battles/wars
World War I World War II
Awards
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Algernon Usborne WillisGCB KBE DSO (17 May 1889 – 12 April 1976) was a Royal Navy officer. He served in the First World War and saw action at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916. He also served in the Second World War as Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic in which capacity he led actions against German and Japanese raiding ships. He was Flag Officer commanding 3rd Battle Squadron and Second in command of the Eastern Fleet and then Flag Officer commanding Force H, which covered North African Operations, the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 and then the Allied invasion of Italy in September 1943.
Willis spent the final years of the war as Commander-in-Chief, Levant, in which capacity he conducted naval operations in support of the Dodecanese Campaign, and then as Second Sea Lord, in which capacity he arranged the manpower for the campaign in the Pacific Ocean against the Imperial Japanese Navy. After the war he served as Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet, in which role he was faced with unrest in Mandatory Palestine, before he became Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Algernon Usborne Willis GCB KBE DSO (17 May 1889 – 12 April 1976) was a Royal Navy officer. He served in the First World War...
Flowers for Algernon is a short story by American author Daniel Keyes, later expanded by him into a novel and subsequently adapted for film and other media...
First Sea Lord Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord Sir AlgernonWillis, Second Sea Lord Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord Frank Pegram...
pp. 12–15. Griffin & Co, 1884 Willis (2013) p. 91 Wilson (2013) p. 399 Willis (2013) p. 90 Vincent (2003) p. 180 Willis (2013) p. 102 Vincent (2003) p...
task force was provided by Force H under the command of Vice Admiral AlgernonWillis, a group of four British battleships and two fleet carriers with destroyers...
Revenge-class battleships of the 3rd Battle Squadron, under Vice-Admiral AlgernonWillis. Neither individually nor together could the two Eastern Fleet forces...
Admiral Willis may refer to: AlgernonWillis (1889–1976), British Royal Navy admiral James Willis (admiral) (1923–2003), Royal Australian Navy vice admiral...
Moody Preceded by Sir AlgernonWillis Second Sea Lord 1946–1948 Succeeded by Sir Cecil Harcourt Preceded by Sir AlgernonWillis Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean...
HMAS Norman and Vampire. This force came under the command of Rear Admiral AlgernonWillis. This force came under attack during the Japanese Indian Ocean raid...
June 15, 2014) was an American writer who wrote the novel Flowers for Algernon. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy...
Avalanche) (Vice Admiral H. Kent Hewitt, USN) Force H (Vice Admiral Sir AlgernonWillis, RN) Naval Task Force, Operation Slapstick (Vice Admiral Arthur Power...
Admiral Sir Deric Holland-Martin (1967–77), Admiral of the Fleet Sir AlgernonWillis and Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Grandy (trustee 1971–78...
fighters 12 Fairey Albacore torpedo bombers Force "H" (Vice Admiral Sir AlgernonWillis, RN) 4 battleships: HMS Nelson, HMS Rodney, HMS Warspite, HMS Valiant...
Little, 1938–1941 Admiral Sir William Whitworth, 1941–1944 Admiral Sir AlgernonWillis, 1944–1946 Admiral Sir Arthur Power, 1946–1948 Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt...
England: Routledge. p. 27. ISBN 9781135283506. "Papers of Admiral Sir Algernon U. Willis". Janus. List from 1954 to 1964 from list at AFNORTH article Mackie...
Military offices Preceded by Sir AlgernonWillis Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station 1942–1944 Succeeded by Sir Robert Burnett Government offices...
(1939–40) Rear-Admiral Stuart Bonham Carter (1940–42) Vice-Admiral Sir AlgernonWillis (1942–43) Vice-Admiral Harold Walker (1944–45) Post holders included:...
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