Eric Clifford
Sir Eric Clifford | |
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| Born | 3 September 1900 Commander of the Order of the British Empire Mentioned in dispatches |
CBE (3 September 1900 – 7 September 1964) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff from 1954 to 1957.[2]
Early life and education
Clifford was born in
RNR of Poplar and his wife, Clara Strutt, born in Cape Colony.[1] Like his father, Clifford was educated at the Thames Nautical Training College and aboard HMS Worcester. In January 1917, he joined the Royal Navy Reserve as a midshipman, and then entered the Royal Navy.[2]
Clifford served in the
War Cabinet from 1941 to 1943.[3] In the closing stages of the war he commanded the cruiser HMS Diadem.[5]
After the war Clifford became Chief of Staff in Hong Kong and then was given command of the Navigation School in 1947.Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty in 1954; he retired in 1957.[3]
References
- ^ a b 1901 England Census
- ^ a b "Obituary: Sir Eric Clifford – Russian Convoys, Normandy, Korea". The Times. 9 September 1964. p. 15.
- ^ a b c d e f Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ Royal Navy Ships, January 1941
- ^ HMS Diadem
- ^ "HMS Newcastle". Archived from the original on 16 January 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2010.