Lumley Lyster

Admiral Sir Arthur Lumley St George Lyster, (27 April 1888 – 4 August 1957) was a Royal Navy officer during the Second World War.

Naval career After leaving Berkhamsted School, in 1902 Lyster joined HMS Britannia to train for a naval career. In July 1909 he was posted to and later to Grafton. From 1912 he specialized in gunnery, training at , the gunnery school at Portsmouth,

Lyster was appointed a Naval Member of the Ordnance Committee in 1929 and given command of the cruiser in 1932. In 1941 he was appointed as Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Services and Commander of the Aircraft Carriers in the Home Fleet, with his flag in , and in 1942 he commanded air operations during Operation Pedestal, for which he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. His last appointment was as Flag Officer, Carrier Training, in 1943 before he retired in 1945.