Murray Pipon

Murray Pipon (1882 – 1971) was a Royal Navy officer who served in World War I and, after being recalled to active duty in 1940, World War II.

Murray Pipon
Born	1882
Died	1971
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Vice-Admiral
Commands held	HMS Royal Sovereign
Battles/wars	World War I World War II

After World War I, he served as naval attaché in Paris, France, chief of staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth and commanded the battleship Royal Sovereign in 1930–1932. His last appointment before retiring in 1936 was as Rear-Admiral-in-Command and Admiral-superintendent, HM Dockyard, Gibraltar.[1]

The post of Senior British Naval Officer, Suez Canal Area was established on 14 December 1939, Vice Admiral James M. Pipon taking command on 7 January 1940. Pipon was shore based, at Ismailia in Egypt. He reported directly to the Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Fleet.[2] In the Navy List for December 1940 Pipon is shown as borne on the books of Stag, 'additional, for various services.'[3]

Citations

1. Halpern, p. 82
2. Houterman, Jerome N..; Koppes, Jeroen (2004–2006). "Royal Navy, Mediterranean Fleet 1942-1945". www.unithistories.com. Houterman and Koppes. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
3. Stationery Office, H.M. (December 1940). The Navy List. Edinburgh Scotland: National Library of Scotland. p. 1124.

Bibliography

• Halpern, Paul G., ed. (2016). The Mediterranean Fleet, 1930–1939. Publications of the Navy Records Society. 163. London: Routledge for the Navy Records Society. ISBN 978-1-4724-7597-8.