Tony Pugsley


Tony Pugsley

Captain Anthony Pugsley c.1945
Born(1901-12-07)7 December 1901
Died17 July 1990(1990-07-17) (aged 88)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
Service years1915–1954
RankRear-Admiral
CommandsFlag Officer Malayan Area
HMS Warrior
HMS Sea Eagle
19th Destroyer Flotilla
HMS Trafalgar
14th Destroyer Flotilla
HMS Jervis
HMS Paladin
HMS Fearless
HMS Javelin
HMS Westcott
HMS Antelope
ConflictsSecond World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order & Two Bars
Mentioned in Despatches (3)
War Cross (Greece)

Rear-Admiral Anthony Follett Pugsley CB DSO** (7 December 1901 – 17 July 1990) was a British naval officer. During the Second World War he served as a successful destroyer captain, landed the 3rd Canadian Division on D-Day, and planned and executed the amphibious landings on Walcheren during a critically important phase in the Battle of the Scheldt in late 1944.