John_Eccles_(Royal_Navy_officer)

John Eccles (Royal Navy officer)

John Eccles (Royal Navy officer)

Royal Navy Admiral (1898-1966)

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.

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Eccles 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

  1. [1]
    Sir John Arthur Symons Eccles Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. [2]
    Newsletter 388 The South African Military History Society, April 2008
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