11 July 1984(1984-07-11) (aged 81) Hayle, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Years of service
1917–1963
Rank
Admiral of the Fleet
Commands held
First Sea Lord (1960–63) Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (1957-60) HMS Daedalus (1955–57) Third Aircraft Carrier Squadron and Heavy Squadron, Home Fleet (1951–52) HMS Fulmar (1948) HMS Ocean (1945–47) HMS Pretoria Castle (1944–45)
Battles/wars
Second World War
Norwegian campaign
Awards
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Other work
Chairman, Housing Corporation (1964–68)
Member, Security Commission (1964–73)
Chairman, Star and Garter Home (1967–72)
Vice President, Star and Garter Home (from 1973)
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Caspar JohnGCB (22 March 1903 – 11 July 1984) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as First Sea Lord from 1960 to 1963. He was a pioneer in the Fleet Air Arm and fought in the Second World War in a cruiser taking part in the Atlantic convoys, participating in the Norwegian campaign and transporting arms around the Cape of Good Hope to Egypt for use in the western desert campaign. His war service continued as Director-General of Naval Aircraft Production, as naval air attaché at the British embassy in Washington, D.C., and then as Commanding Officer of two aircraft carriers. He went on to serve as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in the early 1960s. In that capacity he was primarily concerned with plans for the building of the new CVA-01 aircraft carriers.
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