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Vice Admiral Sir James George Jungius KBE DL (born 15 November 1923) is a former Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic.
Naval career
Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Jungius served in the Royal Navy during World War II and took part on commando operations in the Adriatic Sea. He took command of the destroyer HMS Wizard during the Suez Crisis in 1956. He was appointed Assistant Naval attaché in Washington D. C. in 1968, Captain of the aircraft carrier HMS Albion in 1971 and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Operational Requirements) in 1972. He went on to be Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1975 and the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic's Representative in Europe in 1978 before retiring in 1980.
In retirement he became Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall.
Family
In 1949 he married Rosemary Frances Turquand Matthey: they have three sons. Lady Jungius died in 2005.