| 词条 | Ian Easton |
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| name = Sir Ian Easton | image = | caption = | birth_date = 1917 | death_date = 1989 | nickname = | allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch = {{navy|United Kingdom}} | serviceyears = 1931–1978 | rank = Admiral | unit = | commands = HMAS Watson HMS Triumph | battles = World War II | awards = Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Cross | relations = }} Admiral Sir Ian Easton {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCB|DSC}} (1917–1989) was a Royal Navy officer who held various command positions in the 1970s. Naval careerEaston joined the Royal Navy in 1931 and qualified as a pilot at the start of World War II in which he saw active service on aircraft carriers.[1] On 4 January 1941, flying a Fairey Fulmar of 803 Squadron from {{HMS|Formidable|67|6}} during a raid on Dakar he force landed, with his aircrewman Naval Airman James Burkey and was taken prisoner and held by the Vichy French at a camp near Timbuktu until released in November 1942.[2] He was appointed Assistant Director of the Tactical and Weapons Policy Division at the Admiralty in 1960 and was seconded to the Royal Australian Navy as Captain of HMAS Watson in 1962.[1] He went on to be Naval Assistant to the Naval Member of the Templer Committee on Rationalisation of Air Power in 1965, Director of Naval Tactical and Weapons Policy Division at the Admiralty in 1966 and Captain of the aircraft carrier HMS Triumph in 1968.[1] After that he was made Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Policy) in 1969, Flag Officer for the Admiralty Interview Board in 1971 and Head of British Defence Staff and Senior Defence Attaché in Washington, D.C. in 1973.[1] He last posting was as Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1976: he commissioned armourial bearings for the College which were presented during a visit by the Queen in November 1977.[3] He retired in 1978.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef | before = Sir John Lapsley}}{{s-ttl | title = Head of the British Defence Staff in Washington, D.C. | years =1973–1975}}{{s-aft | after =Sir Rollo Pain}}2. ^Unit histories 3. ^Our coat of arms Ministry of Defence |-{{s-bef|before=Sir John Barraclough}}{{s-ttl|title=Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies|years=1976–1978}}{{s-aft|after=Sir David Fraser}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Easton, Ian}} 7 : 1917 births|1989 deaths|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|Royal Navy admirals|Royal Navy personnel of World War II|British naval attachés |
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