John Eccles (Royal Navy officer)

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.

Sir John Eccles
Admiral Sir John Eccles, Commander in Chief Home Fleet, boarding X craft MINNOW at Portland
Born(1898-06-20)20 June 1898
Marylebone, London
Died1 March 1966(1966-03-01) (aged 67)
Winchester, Hampshire
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1916–1958
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHome Fleet (1955–58)
HM Australian Fleet (1951–53)
HMS Indomitable (1943–45)
HMS Durban (1940–41)
Battles/warsFirst World War
Second World War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Mentioned in dispatches

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