Eric John Arthur Fullerton

Admiral SIR Eric John Arthur Fullerton, K.C.B., D.S.O., Royal Navy (28 November, 1878 – 9 November, 1962) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

His father was Admiral Sir John Reginald Thomas Fullerton, who died in mid-1918 at age 77.

Fullerton became a Lieutenant on 1 August, 1900.

By his marriage in 1908 to Sybil Fisher, he became a son-in-law of the then First Sea Lord, Sir John Fisher.

Fullerton became a Commander on 1 August, 1910.

Fullerton became a Captain on 31 December, 1914.

He was appointed as Captain of H.M.S. Orion on 14 December, 1916.

On 1 January, 1920 he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.).

Fullerton was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 12 December, 1930, vice Kelly.

World War II

In 1940, Fullerton was appointed to Eaglet additional for the Liverpool convoy pool. Successive postings that year placed him in the destroyer Watchful and then Yarmouth, but the source is not very illegible. In May, 1942, Fullerton was superseded and reverted to retired pay.

Bibliography

• "Adml. Sir Eric Fullerton" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 12 November, 1962. Issue 55546, col E, p. 12.

Service Records

• The National Archives. ADM 196/142.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/125.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/90.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/44.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Joseph R. Bridson	Captain of H.M.S. Triumph 11 May, 1912 – 11 Oct, 1912	Succeeded by Robert N. Bax
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M.S. Severn 5 Aug, 1914 – 29 Jul, 1916	Succeeded by William B. C. Jones
Preceded by Oliver Backhouse	Captain of H.M.S. Orion 14 Dec, 1916 – 12 Dec, 1918	Succeeded by Cecil H. Pilcher
Preceded by Alexander V. Campbell as Captain of the Fleet	Captain of the Fleet, Atlantic Fleet 1 Aug, 1921 – 1 Aug, 1923	Succeeded by Alfred E. Evans as Captain of the Fleet
Preceded by Alexander V. Campbell	Commodore-in-Command, Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham 1 Nov, 1923 – 1 Dec, 1925	Succeeded by Geoffrey Hopwood
Preceded by Frank Larken	Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty 1 Apr, 1927 – 1 Oct, 1929	Succeeded by George K. Chetwode
Preceded by Bertram S. Thesiger	Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station 18 Oct, 1929 – 13 Jun, 1932	Succeeded by Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith
Preceded by Sir Hubert G. Brand	Commander in Chief, Plymouth Station 10 Oct, 1932 – 11 Jun, 1935	Succeeded by Reginald A. R. Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax
Preceded by Vincent P. Freeman as Naval Officer in Command, Yarmouth	Flag Officer in Command, Yarmouth 2 Jul, 1940 – 14 Apr, 1942	Succeeded by Arthur J. L. Murray