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词条 James Jungius
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  1. Naval career

  2. Family

  3. References

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| rank = Vice Admiral
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HMS Albion
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  • Operation Devon
Suez Crisis
| awards = Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Vice Admiral Sir James George Jungius KBE DL (born 15 November 1923) is a former Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic.

Naval career

Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Jungius was commissioned a sub-lieutenant on 1 February 1943.[1] He served in the Royal Navy during World War II and took part on commando operations in the Adriatic Sea.[2] During the Italian Campaign, he took part in the capture of Termoli in Operation Devon, for which he was mentioned in dispatches.[3]

He was promoted to lieutenant-commander on 1 December 1951,[4] and to commander on 31 December 1955.[5] He took command of the destroyer HMS Wizard during the Suez Crisis in 1956.[6] Promoted to captain on 30 June 1963,[7] he was appointed Assistant Naval attaché in Washington D. C. in 1968 and Captain of the aircraft carrier HMS Albion in 1971.[8]

Jungius was promoted to rear admiral on 7 July 1972 and appointed Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Operational Requirements) the same year.[9][2] He was promoted to vice-admiral on 8 September 1974,[10] and was appointed Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic from January 1975. He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1977 New Year Honours,[11] and was appointed the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic's Representative in Europe in 1978.[2] He retired on 21 April 1980.[12]

In retirement he became Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall.[2]

Family

In 1949 he married Rosemary Frances Turquand Matthey: they have three sons.[2] Lady Jungius died in 2005.[13]

References

1. ^{{London Gazette|issue=35892|supp=|page=661|date=5 February 1943}}
2. ^Debrett's People of Today 1994
3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=36345|supp=y|page=479|date=21 January 1944}}
4. ^{{London Gazette|issue=39430|supp=|page=70|date=1 January 1952}}
5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=40687|supp=|page=364|date=17 January 1956}}
6. ^Britain's Small Wars {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205130842/http://britains-smallwars.com/suez/untis.html |date=5 February 2009 }}
7. ^{{London Gazette|issue=43056|supp=|page=5993|date=16 July 1963}}
8. ^Bulwark Albion & Centaur Association
9. ^{{London Gazette|issue=45728|supp=y|page=8571|date=18 July 1972}}
10. ^{{London Gazette|issue=46403|supp=y|page=11365|date=18 November 1974}}
11. ^{{London Gazette|issue=47102|supp=y|page=5|date=30 December 1976}}
12. ^{{London Gazette|issue=48163|supp=y|page=5963|date=21 April 1980}}
13. ^Lady Jungius, wife of Vice-Admiral Sir James Jungius, KBE Daily Telegraph, 23 April 2005
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