Rear Admiral

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"...

 Jeremy de Halpert CB

Order of the Bath

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 is a former Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 officer who went on to be Naval Secretary

Naval Secretary

The Naval Secretary is the Royal Navy appointment of which the incumbent is responsible for policy direction on personnel management for members of the RN. It is a senior RN appointment, held by an officer holding the rank of Rear-Admiral. The Naval Secretary's counterpart in the British Army is...

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Naval career

Educated at Canford School

Canford School

Canford School is a coeducational independent school for both day and boarding pupils, in the village of Canford Magna, near to the market town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, in South West England. The school was founded in 1923. There are approximately 600 pupils at Canford, organised into houses...

 and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth

Britannia Royal Naval College

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, de Halpert joined the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 in 1966. He was given command of the minesweeper

Demining

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 HMS Sheraton in 1975 and served in the Falklands War

Falklands War

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 on board the destroyer

Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...

 HMS Bristol

HMS Bristol (D23)

HMS Bristol is a Type 82 destroyer, the only vessel of her class to be built for the Royal Navy. Originally intended as the first of a class of new large destroyers to escort the CVA-01 aircraft carriers projected to come into service in the early 1970s, Bristol turned out to be a unique ship...

 in 1982. Promoted to Commander in 1984, he took command of the frigate

Frigate

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 HMS Apollo

HMS Apollo (F70)

HMS Apollo was a Batch 3B Broadbeam Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy . She was, like the rest of the class, named after a figure of mythology. Apollo was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders of Scotstoun...

 before further promotion to Captain in 1990 and command of the frigate HMS Campbeltown

HMS Campbeltown (F86)

HMS Campbeltown was a Batch 3 Type 22 frigate of the British Royal Navy. Built by Cammell Laird Shipbuilders Ltd. in Birkenhead, she was part of the third batch of Type 22s, which were considerably larger than their predecessors and incorporated more advanced weaponry after lessons learnt from the...

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He was appointed Chief of Staff to the Flag Officer, Surface Flotilla at Portsmouth

Portsmouth

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 in 1992, Deputy UK National Military Representative to the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe

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 in 1994 and Director of Overseas Military Activity at the Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

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 in 1996 before taking up the post of Naval Secretary

Naval Secretary

The Naval Secretary is the Royal Navy appointment of which the incumbent is responsible for policy direction on personnel management for members of the RN. It is a senior RN appointment, held by an officer holding the rank of Rear-Admiral. The Naval Secretary's counterpart in the British Army is...

 in 1998. He retired in 2002.

In retirement he became Deputy Master and then Executive Chairman of the Corporation of Trinity House

Trinity House

The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond is the official General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales and other British territorial waters...

, the charitable body responsible for running lighthouses and maintaining buoys around England

England

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 and Wales

Wales

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