Admiral Sir Michael Maynard Denny, GCB CBE DSO

Admiral Sir Michael Maynard Denny GCB CBE DSO (3 October 1896 – 7 April 1972) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Sea Lord.

Naval career

Educated at Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne Minster, the Royal Naval College, Osborne and the Britannia Royal Naval College, Denny joined the Royal Navy in 1913. He served in World War I and, after the War, specialised in gunnery. In 1932 he joined the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet. He spent two years at sea as an Executive Officer before becoming Assistant Director of Naval Ordnance at the Admiralty in 1937. He was appointed Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance in 1938.

He served in World War II as Senior Naval Officer for the Åndalsnes landing and then as Chief Staff Officer for the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940. In 1942 he was given command of the cruiser HMS Kenya. He became Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet later that year. In 1943 he took command of the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious from which he conducted air strikes against Okinawa in Japan.

After the War he became Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel and Director of Personal Services and then, from 1947, Flag Officer (Destroyers) for the Mediterranean Fleet. In 1949 he became Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy and in 1954 he was made Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet and Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Atlantic. He was appointed Chairman of the British Joint Services Mission to Washington, D.C. and UK Representative on the NATO Standing Group in 1956. He retired in 1959.

In retirement he became a Director of Cammell Laird.

In 1923 he married Sara Annie Esme Welman.

Source: wikipedia.org

Marriage Record

Michael Maynard DENNY, aged 27 years, bachelor, Lieutenant, HMS Emperor of India, the son of Edward Denny, Clerk in Holy Orders, married 8th November 1923 to, Sara Annie Esme WELMAN, aged 24 years, spinster, the daughter of Lieut-Colonel Herbert Loftus Welman, Royal Irish Rifles retired

Royal Navy Officers 1899-1919

findmypast Transcription

• Record set Royal Navy Officers 1899-1919
• First name(s) Michael Maynard
• Last name Denny
• Birth year 1896
• Rank Admiral, Lieutenant Commander
• Country United Kingdom
• Birth date 03 Oct 1896
• Enrollment date 15 Sep 1909
• Archive reference ADM196/119

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• Residence: 1901 - The Vicarage, Lambeth, London, England
• Reference: 1901 England & Wales Census - SmartCopy: Mar 30 2017, 4:50:17 UTC
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