Philip King Enright

Admiral Sir Philip King Enright (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.

Biography Enright was born in Liskeard, Cornwall, the son John and Bridget E. Enright, and received his schooling at the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich, before joining the Navy aged 15 as a Boy, 2nd Class on 19 April 1910 at , a naval training school based at Shotley, near Ipswich in Suffolk. He later attended the Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Admiral Enright was in fact the first person in the history of the Royal Navy to be promoted from the lower deck (non-commissioned ranks) to become a full admiral. In 1953 he was the honored guest at his old School (RHS) on Speech Day and took the salute at the Speech Day march past of the entire school. In 1947-48 he was flag officer of the Training Squadron. Promoted to vice admiral on 1 May 1950, he served as admiral superintendent of the Devonport Dockyard until May 1953.

Admiral Enright died at Exmouth, Devon, on 29 September 1960. a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) on 1 January 1949, and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1952 New Years Honours.