John Eccles (Royal Navy officer)

Sir John Eccles
Admiral Sir John Eccles, Commander in Chief Home Fleet, boarding X craft MINNOW at Portland
Born	1898
Died	1 March 1966
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Years of service	1916–1958
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	Home Fleet HM Australian Fleet HMS Durban
Battles/wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Admiral Sir John Arthur Symons Eccles GCB, KCVO, CBE (1898 – 1 March 1966) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet.

Naval career

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]

He 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 2 3 4 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
↑ Newsletter 388 The South African Military History Society, April 2008

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Michael Denny	Commander in Chief, Home Fleet 1955–1958	Succeeded by Sir William Davis
Preceded by Harold Farncomb as Rear Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron	Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet 1951–1953	Succeeded by John Eaton

Fleet Commanders of the Royal Australian Navy

Rear Admiral Commanding HM Australian Fleet	Sir George Patey Sir William Pakenham Arthur Leveson Sir Lionel Halsey John Dumaresq Albert Addison Thomas Wardle

Rear Admiral Commanding HM Australian Squadron	George Hyde Edward Evans Leonard Holbrook Robin Dalglish Wilbraham Ford Richard Lane-Poole Wilfred Custance Wilfrid Patterson John Crace Victor Crutchley John Collins Charles Nichols Harold Farncomb John Collins Harold Farncomb

Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet	John Eccles John Eaton Roy Dowling Henry Burrell David Harries Henry Burrell Galfrey Gatacre Hastings Harrington Alan McNicoll Otto Becher Thomas Morrison Victor Smith Richard Peek Gordon Crabb David Stevenson William Dovers David Stevenson William Dovers Anthony Synnot David Wells Geoffrey Gladstone Neil McDonald James Willis David Leach Peter Doyle John Stevens Michael Hudson Geoffrey Woolrych Ian Knox Peter Sinclair

Maritime Commander Australia	Peter Sinclair Ian MacDougall Ken Doolan Robert Walls Donald Chalmers Chris Oxenbould Chris Ritchie John Lord Geoffrey Smith Raydon Gates Rowan Moffitt Davyd Thomas

Commander Australian Fleet	Davyd Thomas Nigel Coates Steve Gilmore Tim Barrett Stuart Mayer

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