Edward Ellis (Royal Navy officer) explained

Edward Ellis
Birth Date:6 September 1918
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Serviceyears:1940-1974
Rank:Rear admiral
Commands:Royal Naval College, Greenwich
Branch: Royal Navy
Battles:World War II
Awards:Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath

Rear-Admiral Edward William Ellis CB, CBE (6 September 1918 – 13 January 2002) was a Royal Navy officer who became President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

Naval career

Ellis joined the Royal Navy in 1940 and served in World War II in the destroyer HMS Broadwater and then in the destroyer HMS Eclipse.[1] He became Secretary to the Fourth Sea Lord in 1956, Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic and South America in 1959 and Head of the Commander-in-Chief's South-East Secretariat in 1963. He went on to be Secretary to Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth in 1965 and Secretary to the First Sea Lord in 1966. Appointed CBE in May 1968, his last appointments were as Commodore Royal Naval Barracks Portsmouth in 1968 and President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich in 1972 before retiring in 1974.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.people.dead/TtWZC7-P5AI Obituary: Rear Admiral Edward Ellis
  2. http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf Senior Royal Navy appointments