Admiral Sir Patrick Brind | |
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![]() Rear Admiral Brind at his desk at the Admiralty, c. 1942–44 | |
Nickname(s) | "Daddy" |
Born | Paignton, Devon, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 12 May 1892
Died | 4 October 1963 Lye Green, near Crowborough, Sussex, England, United Kingdom | (aged 71)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1905–1953 |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held | Allied Forces Northern Europe (1951–53) Far East Fleet (1949–1951) Royal Naval College, Greenwich (1946–48) 4th Cruiser Squadron (1944–46) HMS Birmingham (1938–1940) HMS Orion (1936–37) |
Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States) |
Admiral Sir Eric James Patrick Brind, GBE, KCB (12 May 1892 – 4 October 1963) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy who served as the first Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe from 1951 to 1953.
Brind served in the First World War on the gunboat HMS Excellent, followed by HMS Malaya, and finally on the monitor HMS Sir John Moore.[1]
After the war, Brind was captain of HMS Orion and then of HMS Birmingham.[1]
Brind also served in the Second World War as Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet from 1940 to 1942 when he became Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff.[1] He was made commander of cruisers in the British Pacific Fleet in 1945.[1]
Brind became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in 1946 and then Commander-in-Chief of the Far East Fleet in 1949.[1] It was under Brind's command that one of his ships, HMS Amethyst sailed up the Yangtze River and was stranded there for six weeks.[2] He was made Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Northern Europe in 1951; he retired in 1953.[1]