Jack Scatchard

Jack Scatchard
Born (1910-09-05)5 September 1910
Tadcaster, North Yorkshire
Died 22 June 2001(2001-06-22) (aged 90)
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Years of service 1923–1964
Rank Vice Admiral
Commands held Joint Service Defence College
5th Destroyer Squadron
HMS Termagant
HMS Garth
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Cross & Two Bars

Vice Admiral Jack Percival Scatchard CB, DSC & Two Bars (5 September 1910 – 22 June 2001) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. He served for a time as Flag Officer Second-in-Command of the Far East Fleet.

Naval career

Educated at Aysgarth School in Yorkshire and the Royal Naval College Dartmouth, Scatchard joined the Royal Navy in 1923.[1] He fought in World War II initially as First Lieutenant in the destroyer HMS Kashmir until it was bombed and sunk on 23 May 1941.[1] He went on to command the destroyer HMS Garth and then, from late in 1943, the destroyer HMS Termagant.[1] He served with distinction and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross & two Bars.[1]

After the War Scatchard became Executive Officer of RNAS Easthaven and was then appointed First Lieutenant of the battleship HMS Vanguard in September 1946.[1] He went on to serve in the Plans Division of the Admiralty, as Captain (D) Portsmouth and as then as Chief Officer (Administration) to the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.[1] After attending the Imperial Defence College, he was appointed Captain 5th Destroyer Squadron in 1957.[1] He became Director of Naval Equipment at the Admiralty in 1958 and Commandant of the Joint Service Defence College in 1960.[1] He went on to be Flag Officer Second-in-Command of the Far East Fleet in 1962 and retired in 1964.[1]

Family

In 1943 Scatchard married Margaret Niven: they had one daughter.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Obituary: Vice Admiral Jack Scatchard". The Telegraph. 5 July 2001. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  2. "Obituary: Vice Admiral Jack Scatchard". The Guardian. 12 July 2001. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
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