| 词条 | John Martin (Royal Navy officer) |
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|name= Sir John Martin |image= |image_size= |alt= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date|df=y|1918|5|10}} |birth_place= Cheam, Surrey |death_date= {{death date and age|df=y|2011|5|31|1918|5|10}} |death_place= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Navy |serviceyears= 1938–1973 |rank= Vice Admiral |unit= |commands= British Forces Gulf (1967–68) Britannia Royal Naval College (1963–66) |battles= Second World War Aden Emergency |awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Cross Mentioned in Despatches |relations= |laterwork= }} Vice Admiral Sir John Edward Ludgate Martin, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100|sep=,|KCB|DSC}} (10 May 1918 – 31 May 2011) was a Royal Navy officer and Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey. Naval careerMartin joined the Royal Navy in 1938.[1] He served in the Second World War, taking part in the Dunkirk evacuation when his ship, Sun Tug 15, undertook four trips to Dunkirk to pick up evacuees.[2] He also served as a navigation officer in the Mediterranean and took part in the invasion of Sicily in 1943.[1] Martin was appointed Deputy Director of Manpower Planning at the Admiralty in 1959, Senior Naval Officer in the West Indies in 1961 and Commander of British Forces in the Caribbean Area in 1962.[1] He went on to be Captain at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 1963, Flag Officer, Middle East in 1966 and Commander of British Forces in the Gulf in 1967.[1] His last appointments were as Director General of Naval Personal Services and Training in 1968 and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1970; he retired in 1973.[1] In retirement he became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.[1] He died on 31 May 2011.[3] FamilyIn 1942 Martin married Rosemary Ann Deck;[4] they had two sons and two daughters.[5] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{succession box| title=Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic| before=Sir Peter Compston| after=Sir Gerard Mansfield | years=1970–1973}}2. ^Obituary: Vice Admiral Sir John Martin, The Times, 8 June 2011 3. ^[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-13669683 Former Guernsey governor Sir John Martin dies] BBC News, 6 June 2011 4. ^House of Martin: Photos {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503080553/http://fhsofmartin.org.uk/fhs/photos/2003photos/sirjohnmartin.htm |date= 3 May 2011 }} 5. ^Debrett's People of Today 1994 |-{{s-gov}}{{succession box | before=Sir Charles Mills | title=Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey | years=1974–1980 | after=Sir Peter Le Cheminant}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, John}} 6 : 1918 births|2011 deaths|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|Royal Navy admirals|Royal Navy officers of World War II |
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