Admiral Sir John Arthur Symons Eccles, GCB, KCVO, CBE (20 June 1898 – 1 March 1966) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet from 1955 until his retirement in 1958.
Sir John Eccles | |
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Born | Marylebone, London | 20 June 1898
Died | 1 March 1966 Winchester, Hampshire | (aged 67)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1916–1958 |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held | Home Fleet (1955–58) HM Australian Fleet (1951–53) HMS Indomitable (1943–45) HMS Durban (1940–41) |
Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in dispatches |
Naval career
editEccles joined the Royal Navy in 1916 during the First World War.[1] He also served in the Second World War as Captain of HMS Durban on the China Station.[2]
Eccles then became Commander of the Royal Navy Barracks at Chatham in 1948.[1] He was appointed Flag Officer commanding the Australian Fleet in 1949 and Admiral commanding the Reserves in 1952.[1] He went on to be Flag Officer Air (Home) in 1953 and Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet and NATO Allied Commander-in-Chief Eastern Fleet in 1955 before retiring in 1958.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Sir John Arthur Symons Eccles Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ Newsletter 388 The South African Military History Society, April 2008
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