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Royal Navy admiral
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Admiral Sir John Arthur Symons Eccles
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Admiral Sir John Arthur Symons Eccles GCB, KCVO, CBE (20 June 1898 – 1 March 1966) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet from 1955 until his retirement in 1958.
Naval career
Eccles joined the Royal Navy in 1916 during the First World War. He also served in the Second World War as Captain of HMS Durban on the China Station.
He then became Commander of the Royal Navy Barracks at Chatham in 1948. He was appointed Flag Officer commanding the Australian Fleet in 1949 and Admiral commanding the Reserves in 1952. He went on to be Flag Officer Air (Home) in 1953 and Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet and NATO Allied Commander-in-Chief Eastern Fleet in 1955 before retiring in 1958.
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