Edward Ellis (Royal Navy officer)

Edward Ellis
Born 6 September 1918
Died 13 January 2002
Allegiance United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch 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

Rear-Admiral Edward William Ellis CBE, CB (6 September 1918 - 13 January 2002) was a Royal Navy officer who became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

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

Military offices
Preceded by
Martin Lucey
President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich
19721974
Succeeded by
Derek Bazalgette
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