Everything about John Fieldhouse Baron Fieldhouse totally explained
Admiral of the Fleet John David Elliott Fieldhouse, Baron Fieldhouse,
GCB,
GBE (
12 February 1928 –
17 February 1992) was a high ranking officer in the
Royal Navy.
Naval career
John Fieldhouse started his career at
Britannia Royal Naval College in
1941. In
1956 he took command of his first submarine,
HMS Acheron, and went on to command the submarines
HMS Tiptoe,
HMS Walrus and
HMS Dreadnought. He subsequently commanded
HMS Diomede, a Frigate.
He became Flag Officer Second Flotilla in
1974, Flag Officer Submarines in
1976, Controller of the Navy in
1979 and
Commander-in-Chief Fleet in
1981.
As Commander in Chief Fleet, he was the Commander of the Task Force (designated Task Force 317), given responsibility for "
Operation Corporate", the mission to recover the
Falkland Islands.
He served as
First Sea Lord and
Chief of Naval Staff from
1982 to
1985 and
Chief of the Defence Staff from
1985 to
1988.
Later career
He retired in 1988 and was made a
life peer as
Baron Fieldhouse, of Gosport in the County of
Hampshire in
1990. In retirement he became a consultant to
Vosper Thornycroft plc.
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