| Biography | Admiral Sir Wilfrid Rupert Patterson KCB, CBE, CVO (20 November 1893, Belfast, Northern Ireland 15 December 1954, Belfast, Northern Ireland) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. He was the Commodore Commanding His Majesty's Australian Squadron between 2 September 1939 and 1 November 1939. He participated in the naval battle that sunk the German battleship Bismarck. |