| 词条 | Julian Oswald |
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|name= Sir Julian Oswald |image= Joswald.jpg |image_size= 200px |alt= |caption= Admiral of the Fleet Sir Julian Oswald |birth_date= {{Birth date|1933|08|11|df=yes}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|2011|07|19|1933|09|11|df=yes}} |birth_place= Newmore, Invergordon, Ross-shire |death_place= Shedfield, Hampshire |placeofburial= |nickname= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Navy |serviceyears= 1947–1993 |rank= Admiral of the Fleet |servicenumber= |unit= |commands= First Sea Lord Commander-in-Chief Britannia Royal Naval College {{HMS|Newcastle|D87|6}} {{HMS|Bacchante|F69|6}} |battles= Cold War Falklands War |awards= Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |relations= |laterwork= }} Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Julian Robertson Oswald {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCB}} (11 August 1933 – 19 July 2011) was a senior Royal Navy officer. After training as a gunnery specialist, Oswald commanded a frigate and then a destroyer before achieving higher command in the navy. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff in the early 1990s. In that capacity he advised the British Government on the reduction in the size of the fleet under the Options for Change restructuring programme and on the deployment of Naval Support for the Gulf War in 1991: he also made the decision that members of the Women's Royal Naval Service should be allowed to serve in Royal Navy ships. Naval careerBorn the son of George Hamilton Oswald and Margaret Elliott Oswald (née Robertson), Oswald was educated at Beaudesert Park School and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.[1] He joined the Royal Navy as a cadet on 1 May 1947.[2] During his early career he served in the cruiser HMS Devonshire and was commissioned as a midshipman on 1 January 1952.[2] He then served in the battleship HMS Vanguard and then the frigate HMS Verulam.[2] Promoted to sub-lieutenant on 1 May 1953,[3] he was posted to the aircraft carrier HMS Theseus in February 1955.[2] Promoted to lieutenant on 1 June 1955,[4] he subsequently served in the cruiser HMS Newfoundland and then the minesweeper {{HMS|Jewel|J390|6}}.[2] After qualifying in gunnery Oswald joined the aircraft carrier {{HMS|Victorious|R38|6}} in 1960.[2] He was given command of the minesweeper HMS Yarnton in April 1962 and was promoted to lieutenant commander on 1 June 1963.[5] After attending the Royal Navy Staff College in 1964, he was posted to the shore establishment HMS Excellent at Portsmouth as Air Weapons Officer in 1965.[6] HMS Excellent maintains the gun carriage used for state funerals, and Oswald was the Funeral Gun Carriage Officer for the Funeral of Sir Winston Churchill on 30 January 1965.[7] He was posted to the frigate HMS Naiad in September 1966 and promoted to commander on 31 December 1968[8] on his appointment to the Directorate of Naval Plans at the Ministry of Defence.[6] Oswald was given command of the frigate HMS Bacchante in January 1971 and then joined the staff of the Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff at the Ministry of Defence in 1972.[6] Promoted to captain on 31 December 1973,[9] he attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1976 before being given command of the destroyer HMS Newcastle in January 1977 and joining the Royal Navy Presentation Team in 1979.[6] He went on to be Captain of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in June 1980.[6] He was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Queen on 7 July 1982[10] and was promoted to rear admiral on 2 September 1982[11] on his appointment as Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Programmes).[6] Oswald became Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Policy and Nuclear) in January 1985[6] and went on to become Flag Officer, Third Flotilla and Commander, Anti-Submarine Warfare Striking Fleet in October 1985.[6] Promoted to vice-admiral on 3 January 1986, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1987 New Year Honours.[12] He was promoted to full admiral on 29 May 1987,[13] on appointment as Commander-in-Chief Fleet and NATO Commander-in-Chief, Channel and Commander-in-Chief Eastern Atlantic.[6] Advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the 1989 New Year Honours,[14] Oswald became First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in May 1989.[6] In that capacity he advised the British Government on the reduction in the size of the fleet under the Options for Change restructuring programme and on the deployment of Naval Support for the Gulf War in 1991: he also made the decision that members of the Women's Royal Naval Service should be allowed to serve in Royal Navy ships.[6] He was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on his retirement in March 1993.[6] Later careerIn retirement Oswald became Chairman of Aerosystems International[1] and of Sema Group plc, an Information Technology business, until the latter was acquired in 2001.[15] He was also President of the Sea Cadet Association, Vice-President of the Royal United Services Institute and a Trustee of the National Maritime Museum.[1] His interests included walking, stamp-collecting, family and fishing.[1] He died at his home at Shedfield in Hampshire on 19 July 2011.[16] FamilyIn 1958 he married Veronica ('Roni') Thompson; they had two sons and three daughters.[16] References1. ^1 2 3 Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, {{ISBN|978-1-408-11414-8}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 Heathcote, p. 203 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=40454|page=2202|date=15 April 1955}} 4. ^{{London Gazette|issue=40646|page=6791|date=2 December 1955}} 5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=43115|page=7914|date=24 September 1963}} 6. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Heathcote, p. 204 7. ^RNSC(4)11 postal cover "20th Anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill's Funeral", 30 January 1985. 8. ^{{London Gazette|issue=44754|supp=y|page=13907|date=30 December 1968}} 9. ^{{London Gazette|issue=46174|supp=y|page=263|date=7 January 1974}} 10. ^{{London Gazette|issue=49047|supp=y|page=9145|date=12 July 1982}} 11. ^{{London Gazette|issue=49122|supp=y|page=12541|date=27 September 1982}} 12. ^{{London Gazette|issue=50764|supp=y|page=2|date=30 December 1986}} 13. ^{{London Gazette|issue=50927|supp=y|page=6737|date=22 May 1987}} 14. ^{{London Gazette|issue=51578|supp=y|page=2|date=30 December 1988}} 15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.secinfo.com/dV5Ff.4f8Y5.2.htm#1stPage |title=Recommended Cash Offer by Schlumberger Investments for SEMA|publisher=Securities and Exchange Commission|date=24 April 2001|accessdate=25 August 2012}} 16. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/8650677/Admiral-of-the-Fleet-Sir-Julian-Oswald.html |title=Obituary: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Julian Oswald|publisher= Daily Telegraph|date= 20 July 2011|accessdate=25 August 2012}} Sources
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