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John Coward (Royal Navy officer)

Vice Admiral Sir John Francis Coward, KCB, DSO (11 October 1937 – 30 May 2020) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 1992 to 1994.

Naval career

Coward joined the Royal Navy in 1958.[1] He served in the Falklands War in 1982 as Captain of HMS Brilliant.[2][3] He was appointed Flag Officer Sea Training in 1987,[4] Flag Officer, First Flotilla in 1988,[5] and Flag Officer Submarines and Commander of the Eastern Atlantic Submarine Area in 1989.[6] He became Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1992 and retired in 1994.[3]

In retirement Coward became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.[7]

He died on 30 May 2020 at the age of 82.[8]

References

  1. ^ "No. 41831". The London Gazette. 29 September 1959. p. 6138.
  2. ^ Woodward, Sandy (1992). One Hundred Days: The Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander. Naval Institute Press. p. 364. ISBN 978-0-00-713467-0.
  3. ^ a b "Buckingham First Day Covers". www.buckinghamcovers.com. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011.
  4. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1988.
  5. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1989.
  6. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1991.
  7. ^ "Guernsey man's service to the Queen rewarded". BBC News. 31 December 2010.
  8. ^ "Former Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey Vice Admiral Sir John Coward dies". ITV News. 31 May 2020.