David Kenneth Bawtree
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Rear Admiral
David Kenneth Bawtree, CB
DL
BSc(Eng) CEng
FIEE FIMechE, was Civil Emergencies Adviser
to the Home Office
1993-1997. He moved on to become the Chairman of Portsmouth Hospitals NHS
Trust.
As a Weapon Engineering Officer, he was Director Naval Engineering Training 1987-1990, and Flag Officer
and Naval Base Commander Portsmouth
1990-1993. Apart from his other roles he is presently the Technical Director of Visor Consultants Limited http://www.visorconsultants.com.
Rear Admiral
Rear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore and captain, and below that of a vice admiral. It is generally regarded as the lowest of the "admiral" ranks, which are also sometimes referred to as "flag officers" or "flag ranks"...
David Kenneth Bawtree, CB
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
DL
Deputy Lieutenant
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BSc(Eng) CEng
Çeng
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FIEE FIMechE, was Civil Emergencies Adviser
Emergency Planning Division
From 1935 to 1971 civil defence in the United Kingdom was the responsibility of the Civil Defence Department. On the run-down of civil defence in 1971 the department was replaced by the Home Defence and Emergency Services Division of the Home Office. It was renamed the Emergency Planning Division...
to the Home Office
Home Office
The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for immigration control, security, and order. As such it is responsible for the police, UK Border Agency, and the Security Service . It is also in charge of government policy on security-related issues such as drugs,...
1993-1997. He moved on to become the Chairman of Portsmouth Hospitals NHS
National Health Service (England)
The National Health Service or NHS is the publicly funded healthcare system in England. It is both the largest and oldest single-payer healthcare system in the world. It is able to function in the way that it does because it is primarily funded through the general taxation system, similar to how...
Trust.
As a Weapon Engineering Officer, he was Director Naval Engineering Training 1987-1990, and Flag Officer
Flag Officer
A flag officer is a commissioned officer in a nation's armed forces senior enough to be entitled to fly a flag to mark where the officer exercises command. The term usually refers to the senior officers in an English-speaking nation's navy, specifically those who hold any of the admiral ranks; in...
and Naval Base Commander Portsmouth
Portsmouth
Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...
1990-1993. Apart from his other roles he is presently the Technical Director of Visor Consultants Limited http://www.visorconsultants.com.