John Eaton (Royal Navy officer)

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Sir John Willson Musgrave Eaton
Born(1902-11-03)3 November 1902
Mentioned in Despatches
(2)

CB, DSO, DSC (3 November 1902 – 21 July 1981[1]) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief America and West Indies Station
from 1955 to 1956.

Naval career

Eaton joined the

First World War.[2] After the war he served in destroyers and then in submarines.[2]

Eaton served in the

Second World War and commanded the destroyers HMS Venetia, HMS Mohawk, HMS Somali and HMS Eskimo.[2]

After the war he became Captain of the

Operation Strikeback (a major NATO training exercise) in 1957 and retired in 1958.[2]

His life is commemorated by an inscription at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Kelvedon in Essex.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Vice-Admiral Sir John Eaton". The Times. No. 60987. 23 July 1981. p. 16.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  3. ^ Monumental inscriptions Essex Record Office
Military offices
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station
1955–1956 		Succeeded by
Sir Wilfrid Woods
as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, Reserve Fleet
1954–1955 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet

1951–1953 		Succeeded by
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