George Simpson (Royal Navy officer)

Rear Admiral George Walter Gillow Simpson CB, CBE (6 June 1901 – 2 March 1972) was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer Submarines.

George Simpson
Born6 June 1901
Dorking, Surrey, UK
Died2 March 1972
Whangarei, New Zealand
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1917–1954
RankRear Admiral
Commands heldHMS L27
HMS Porpoise
10th Submarine Flotilla
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Simpson was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1917.[1] He became commanding officer of the submarine HMS L27 in 1935 and of the submarine HMS Porpoise in August 1938.[1] He became commander of the 10th Submarine Flotilla, based at Malta in January 1941, during the Second World War, in which role his mission was to prevent enemy supplies reaching North Africa.[2] He went on to be Commodore Western Approaches in April 1943.[2]

Simpson became Chief of the New Zealand Navy Staff in 1948, Flag Officer Germany in 1951 and Flag Officer Submarines in 1952.[3] In this role he was dual-hatted as NATO Commander Submarine Force Eastern Atlantic.[4] He retired in 1954.[3] He died at Whangarei in New Zealand on 2 March 1972 and was buried at Maunu Lawn Cemetery in Whangarei.[5]

Family

In 1945 Simpson married Alison Hall; they had two sons and a daughter.[1]

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References
  1. "George Walter Gillow Simpson". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. "George Walter Gillow Simpson, RN". U Boat.net. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  3. "Senior Royal Navy Appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  4. "Periodic Report by Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic". NATO Archives. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  5. "George Walter Gillow Simpson, RN". uboat.net. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

Further reading
  • Simpson, George (2010). Periscope View. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1848320543.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sydney Raw		 Flag Officer Submarines
1952–1954		 Succeeded by
George Fawkes
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