John Frewen

Admiral Sir John Byng Frewen GCB (28 March 1911 – 1 September 1975) was Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command.

For other people named John Frewen, see John Frewen (disambiguation).

Sir John Frewen
Born(1911-03-28)28 March 1911
Died1 September 1975(1975-09-01) (aged 64)[1]
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Mounts Bay
Home Fleet
Channel
Portsmouth
Naval Home Command
Battles/warsWorld War II
Korean War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Frewen joined the Royal Navy in 1924.[2] He served in World War II in the Russian Convoys and as Squadron Navigating Officer for Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific.[2] He also served in the Korean War as Commander of HMS Mounts Bay.[3]

He was appointed Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, in 1959 and then became Flag Officer Second in Command Far East Fleet in 1961.[2] He went on to be Vice Chief of the Naval Staff in 1963 and Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, in 1965.[2] He was then appointed Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, in 1967.[2] Finally he was appointed the first Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command (following the merger of the Portsmouth and Plymouth Commands) in 1969.[2] In that capacity he welcomed Sir Alec Rose back to Portsmouth after his single-handed trip around the world.[4] Frewen was also First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen from 1968 to 1970. He retired in 1970.[2]

In retirement Frewen transferred Brickwall House School, a specialist school for boys with dyslexia, into an educational trust and renamed the school Frewen College.[5] In 1972 he was Chairman of the Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889).[6]

References
  1. "Archive of the Frewen Family". National Archives. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  2. Sir John Byng Frewen Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  3. A Royal Salute with Live Ammunition – Korea, 1952
  4. Sir Alec Rose & Lively Lady Archived 27 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Frewen College
  6. Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889) Archived 31 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine.
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