Wilfrid Patterson

Admiral Sir Wilfrid Rupert Patterson KCB, CBE, CVO (20 November 1893 – 15 December 1954) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. He was the Commodore Commanding His Majesty's Australian Squadron from September to November 1939. He participated in the naval battle that sunk the German battleship Bismarck.

Sir Wilfrid Rupert Patterson
Photo from The National Portrait Gallery, 1943
Born20 November 1893
Belfast, Ireland
Died12 December 1954(1954-12-12) (aged 61)
Charing Cross Hospital, London
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1906–1950
RankAdmiral
Commands held5th Cruiser Squadron (1945–46)
2nd Cruiser Squadron (1944)
HMS King George V (1940–42)
HMAS Canberra (1938–40)
HM Australian Squadron (1939)
HMS Hawkins (1936–38)
HMS Folkestone (1935)
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Mentioned in Despatches
Legion of Merit (United States)

Born on 20 November 1893 in Belfast, Ireland, the son of William Robert Patterson and Elizabeth Fleming. He joined the Royal Navy as a cadet on 15 September 1906 and specialised in gunnery. He was appointed the Commodore Commanding His Majesty's Australian Squadron between 2 September 1939 and 1 November 1939.

In recognition of the role played while commanding HMS King George V in the destruction of the Bismarck, he was awarded the Companion of the Order of the Bath on 14 October 1941.[1] He was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 11 June 1946.[2]

He was present at the surrender of the Japanese.[3]

Notes
  1. "No. 35307". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 1941. p. 5945.
  2. "No. 37603". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 June 1946. p. 2881.
  3. Certificate confirming the presence of Admiral Sir Wilfred Rupert Patterson at the Surrender of the Japanese, 12 September 1945.
Military offices
Preceded by
Rear Admiral Wilfred Custance		 Rear Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron
September – November 1939		 Succeeded by
Rear Admiral John Gregory Crace
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