John Frewen
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Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command
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Frewen joined the Royal Navy in 1924.[2] He served in World War II in the Russian Convoys and as squadron navigating officer for aircraft carriers in the Pacific.[2] He also served in the Korean War as commander of HMS Mounts Bay.[3]
He was appointed
Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command (following the merger of the Portsmouth and Plymouth Commands) in 1969.[2] In that capacity he welcomed Sir Alec Rose back to Portsmouth after his single-handed trip around the world.[4] Frewen was also First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen from 1968 to 1970. He retired in 1970.[2]
In retirement Frewen transferred Brickwall House School, a specialist school for boys with dyslexia, into an educational trust and renamed the school Frewen College.[5] In 1972 he was Chairman of the Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889).[6]
References
- ^ "Archive of the Frewen Family". National Archives. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g Sir John Byng Frewen Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ A Royal Salute with Live Ammunition – Korea, 1952
- ^ Sir Alec Rose & Lively Lady Archived 27 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Frewen College
- ^ Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889) Archived 31 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine.