Vice Admiral

Vice Admiral (Royal Navy)

Vice admiral is a flag officer rank of the British Royal Navy. It equates to the NATO rank code OF-8 and is immediately superior to rear admiral and is subordinate to the full admiral rank.The Royal Navy has had vice admirals since at least the 16th century...

 Sir Edward Malcolm Evans-Lombe KCB

Order of the Bath

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 (15 October 1901 - 14 May 1974) was a Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 officer who became Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff.

Naval career

Educated at West Downs School

West Downs School

West Downs School, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, was an English independent preparatory school, which was established in 1897 and closed in 1988.-History:...

, Evans-Lombe served in World War II

World War II

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 initially as Naval Assistant to the Third Sea Lord

Third Sea Lord

The Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy was formerly the Naval Lord and member of the Board of Admiralty responsible for procurement and matériel in the British Royal Navy...

 and then, from 1942, as Captain of the cruiser

Cruiser

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 HMS Glasgow

HMS Glasgow (C21)

The seventh HMS Glasgow , built on the Clyde, was a Southampton-class light cruiser, a sub-class of the Town-class and commissioned in September 1937. She displaced 11,930 tons and had a top speed of 32 knots . She was part of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron of the Home Fleet; she escorted the...

. He was appointed Director of the Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division at the Admiralty

Admiralty

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 in December 1943, Chief of Staff for the Eastern Fleet in June 1944 and Chief of Staff for the British Pacific Fleet

British Pacific Fleet

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 in December 1944.

He became Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff in 1950 and retired in 1955.