Ian Jenkins (Royal Navy officer)
Ian Lawrence Jenkins | |
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| Born | 12 September 1944 Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
| Other work | Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle |
Surgeon
Vice Admiral Ian Lawrence Jenkins CB CVO (12 September 1944 – 19 February 2009) was a Royal Navy medical officer and former Surgeon General of the British Armed Forces
.
Career
Ian Jenkins was born in
urologist
in 1979.
He joined the
Royal Naval Hospital Haslar and Royal Naval Hospital Gibraltar, the Royal Marine Surgical Support Team and HMY Britannia
.
During his career his clinical and research interests included the management of testicular cancer in the Royal Navy, professional medical education and the development of the Defence Medical Services.
He was appointed Professor of Naval Surgery in 1988–1991 when he became the Medical Officer in Command of RNH Haslar. In 1996 he became the first Defence Postgraduate Medical Dean and Commandant of the new Royal Defence Medical College. In 1999 he was promoted Surgeon
Rear-Admiral and appointed the Medical Director General (Naval) working in Portsmouth
.
In October 2002 he became the
the Prince of Wales and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 2006.[1]
Ian Jenkins retired as the Surgeon General at the end of October 2006 and from the Royal Navy in January 2007.
Later work
Jenkins was appointed
Seafarers UK and a Patron of Children and Families of the Far East Prisoners. He died on 19 February 2009.[3][4][5]
Honours and awards
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Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) |
2006 |
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Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) |
2000 |
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Companion of the Order of St John |
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Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal | 2002 |