Philip King Enright

Admiral Sir Philip King Enright KBE CB (4 August 1894 – 29 September 1960) was a Royal Navy officer who saw active service during the Second World War.He was the first person to reach the rank of full admiral from the lower deck in the history of the Royal Navy.[1] Promoted to lieutenant on 19 May 1922 (with seniority backdated to 28 June 1919), Enright served aboard Vulcan, a submarine depot ship based at Portland, between 1923 and 1925.In 1927 he was aboard the destroyer flotilla leader Keppel on the China Station, receiving promotion to lieutenant commander on 28 June of that year, and from 1928 until 1931 was on the battleship Nelson of the Atlantic Fleet, being promoted again, to commander, on 31 December 1931.[1] Enright retired from the Navy on 15 September 1953, receiving promotion to admiral that day.
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