Patrick Brind
| Sir Patrick Brind | |
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Rear Admiral Brind at his desk at the Admiralty during World War II
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| Nickname(s) | "Daddy" |
| Born | 12 May 1892 Paignton, Devon |
| Died | 4 October 1963 Lye Green, near Crowborough, Sussex |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom |
| Service/ |
 Royal Navy
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| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMS Orion HMS Birmingham Royal Naval College, Greenwich |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Sir Eric James Patrick Brind GBE KCB (1892–1963) was the first Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe.
Brind served in World War I on the Gunboat HMS Excellent followed by HMS Malaya and finally on the monitor HMS Sir John Moore.
After the War he was Captain of HMS Orion and then of HMS Birmingham.
He also served in World War II as Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet from 1940 to 1942 when he became Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff. He was made Commander of cruisers in the British Pacific Fleet in 1945.
He became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in 1946 and then Commander-in-Chief for the Far East Station in 1949. It was under Brind's command as C-in-C Far East station that HMS Amethyst sailed up the Yangtze River and was stranded there for six weeks.
He was made Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Northern Europe in 1951; he retired in 1953.
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