Eric Longley-Cook

Eric Longley-Cook
Eric Longley-Cook
Born	6 October 1898
Died	20 April 1983 (aged 84)
Allegiance	Second World War North African campaign; Allied invasion of Sicily; Normandy landings;
Awards	Mentioned in Despatches (3); Legion of Honour (France)

CBE, DSO (6 October 1898 – 20 April 1983) was a Royal Navy

Naval career

Longley-Cook joined the

First World War.^[1] He saw action in the battleship HMS Prince of Wales in the British Adriatic Squadron.^[1]

He served in the

East Indies Fleet in January 1945.^[3]

After the war he became Chief of Staff for the Home Fleet in November 1946 and Director of Naval Intelligence in May 1948.^[3] In that capacity he warned the British Government that the United States "was set to bomb Russia first" and that "all-out war against the Soviet Union was not only inevitable but imminent".^[4]

^ ^a ^b "Private Papers of Vice Admiral E W Longley-Cook CB CBE DSO". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
^ "Captains commanding Royal Navy warships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 14 November 2015.
^ "US 'was set to bomb Russia first'". The Guardian. 16 June 2001. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

Military offices
Preceded by Edward Parry	Director of Naval Intelligence 1948–1951	Succeeded by Sir Anthony Buzzard