Edward Ellis (Royal Navy officer)

Rear-Admiral Edward William Ellis CB, CBE (6 September 1918 – 13 January 2002) was a Royal Navy officer who became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

Edward Ellis
Born6 September 1918
Died13 January 2002
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1940-1974
RankRear Admiral
Commands heldRoyal Naval College, Greenwich
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Ellis joined the Royal Navy in 1940 and served in World War II in the destroyer HMS Broadwater and then in the destroyer HMS Eclipse.[1] He became Secretary to the Fourth Sea Lord in 1956, Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic and South America in 1959 and Head of the Commander-in-Chief's South-East Secretariat in 1963. He went on to be Secretary to Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in 1965 and Secretary to the First Sea Lord in 1966. Appointed CBE in May 1968,[2] his last appointments were as Commodore Royal Naval Barracks Portsmouth in 1968 and President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1972 before retiring in 1974.[3]

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References
  1. Obituary: Rear Admiral Edward Ellis
  2. "No. 44600". The London Gazette. 31 May 1968. p. 6303.
  3. Senior Royal Navy appointments Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Military offices
Preceded by
Martin Lucey		 President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich
1972–1974		 Succeeded by
Derek Bazalgette
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