Edward Ellis (Royal Navy officer)
Rear-Admiral Edward William Ellis CB, CBE (6 September 1918 – 13 January 2002) was a Royal Navy officer who became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.
Edward Ellis | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 September 1918 |
| Died | 13 January 2002 (aged 83) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1940-1974 |
| Rank | Rear admiral |
| Commands held | Royal Naval College, Greenwich |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath |
Naval career
Ellis joined the Royal Navy in 1940 and served in World War II in the destroyer HMS Broadwater and then in the destroyer HMS Eclipse.[1] He became Secretary to the Fourth Sea Lord in 1956, Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic and South America in 1959 and Head of the Commander-in-Chief's South-East Secretariat in 1963. He went on to be Secretary to Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in 1965 and Secretary to the First Sea Lord in 1966. Appointed CBE in May 1968,[2] his last appointments were as Commodore Royal Naval Barracks Portsmouth in 1968 and President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1972 before retiring in 1974.[3]
References
- Obituary: Rear Admiral Edward Ellis
- "No. 44600". The London Gazette. 31 May 1968. p. 6303.
- Senior Royal Navy appointments Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine