Sir John Willson Musgrave Eaton | |
Birth Date: | 3 November 1902 |
Birth Place: | Bulawayo, Rhodesia |
Death Place: | Kelvedon, Essex |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | Royal Navy |
Serviceyears: | 1916–1958 |
Rank: | Vice Admiral |
Commands: | America and West Indies Station (1955–56) Reserve Fleet (1954–55) HM Australian Fleet (1951–53) (1945–47) (1945) (1942–43) (1942) (1939–41) (1939) (1936–39) (1935–36) |
Battles: | First World War Second World War |
Awards: | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Distinguished Service Cross Mentioned in Despatches (2) |
Vice Admiral Sir John Willson Musgrave Eaton, (3 November 1902 – 21 July 1981[1]) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief America and West Indies Station from 1955 to 1956.
Eaton joined the Royal Navy in 1916 and served in the First World War.[2] After the war he served in destroyers and then in submarines.[2]
Eaton served in the Second World War and commanded the destroyers HMS Venetia, HMS Mohawk, HMS Somali and HMS Eskimo.[2]
After the war he became Captain of the cruiser and then Captain of the training school HMS St Vincent.[2] He was appointed Director at the Royal Navy Staff College, Greenwich in 1949, Flag Officer commanding HM Australian Fleet in 1951 and Flag Officer commanding the Reserve Fleet in 1954.[2] His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1955; he took part in Operation Strikeback (a major NATO training exercise) in 1957 and retired in 1958.[2]
His life is commemorated by an inscription at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Kelvedon in Essex.[3]
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