| 词条 | Walter Couchman |
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|name= Sir Walter Couchman |image= |image_size= |alt= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date|1905|03|19|df=yes}} |birth_place= Madras, India |death_date= {{death date and age|1981|05|02|1905|03|19|df=yes}} |death_place= Sudbury, England |placeofburial= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Navy |serviceyears= 1918–1960 |rank= Admiral |unit= |commands= Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (1960) Flag Officer, Air (Home) (1957–60) {{HMS|Glory|R62|6}} (1946) {{HMS|Broke|D83|6}} (1941–42) {{HMS|Veteran|D72|6}} (1940–41) |battles= Second World War |awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Distinguished Service Order Officer of the Order of the British Empire |relations= |laterwork= }} Admiral Sir Walter Thomas Couchman, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCB|CVO|DSO|OBE}} (19 March 1905 – 2 May 1981) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff from February to November 1960, when he retired from service. Naval careerEducated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, Couchman joined the Royal Navy and specialized in naval aviation.[1] He served in the Second World War as Commander in the Air Materials Division and then as Commanding Officer of the destroyer {{HMS|Veteran|D72|6}}.[1] In 1941 he was appointed Staff Officer (Plans) for the Mediterranean Fleet.[1] Later in the War he became Naval Assistant (Underwater Weapons) and then Chief Staff Officer to the Flag Officer Air (Home).[1] After the War he became Captain of the aircraft carrier {{HMS|Glory|R62|6}} and then, from 1947, Director of Naval Air Organisation and Training at the Admiralty.[2] He went on to be Flag Officer, Flying Training in 1951, Flag Officer, Heavy Squadron in 1953, Flag Officer, Aircraft Carriers in 1954 and Deputy Controller of Supplies (Air) at the Ministry of Supply in 1955.[2] He became Flag Officer, Air (Home) in 1957 and Vice Chief of the Naval Staff in 1960.[1] He retired in November 1960.[1] FamilyHe married Phyllida Connellan.[3] Following the dissolution of his first marriage, he married Hughe Thelma Hunter Blair née Reid in 1965.[4] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 Obituary:Admiral Sir Walter Couchman {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box|title=Vice Chief of the Naval Staff|before=Sir Caspar John|after=Sir Varyl Begg|years=1960}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Couchman, Walter}}2. ^1 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives 3. ^Bunbury family history 4. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=wEFuRPsYHwwC&pg=PA75&lpg=PA75&dq=Hughe+Thelma+Hunter+Blair+Couchman&source=bl&ots=r_tL_soZbR&sig=rnRA-9f7tKRmXUFmopxmK8U480Q&hl=en&ei=ySr1TbGmCsyHhQfay5j3Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Hughe%20Thelma%20Hunter%20Blair%20Couchman&f=false Burke's landed gentry of Great Britain by Peter Beauclerk Dewar, p.75] 10 : 1905 births|1981 deaths|Royal Navy admirals|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|Officers of the Order of the British Empire|Royal Navy officers of World War II|Lords of the Admiralty|People educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne |
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