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Ian Campbell (Royal Navy officer)

Vice Admiral Sir Ian Murray Robertson Campbell, KBE, CB, DSO & Bar (8 August 1898 – 15 April 1980) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station from 1954 to 1956.

Naval career

Promoted to captain in 1940,[1] Campbell served in the Second World War in the Arctic Convoys[2] commanding the destroyer HMS Milne from 1942 to 1944[1] and then becoming deputy director of naval intelligence.[3] He was appointed Flag Officer Liaison for the Middle East in 1950,[4] and Flag Officer Flotillas in the Mediterranean Fleet in 1952.[5] He then became Flag Officer Commanding the Reserve Fleet in 1953,[6] and Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic Station in 1954,[7] before retiring in 1956.[1]

Further reading

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ian Murray Robertson Campbell". U-boat.net. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. ^ The Arctic Convoys Imperial War Museum
  3. ^ British Naval Intelligence Papers, mainly of Donald McLachlan and Patrick Beesly
  4. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1951
  5. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1953
  6. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1954
  7. ^ Whitaker's Almanack 1955