Ian McGeoch Military person

Vice-Admiral Sir Ian Lachlan Mackay McGeoch KCB DSO DSC (26 March 1914 – 12 August 2007) was a commissioned officer in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. He commanded the submarine HMS Splendid during the Second World War, and was later Flag Officer Submarines (FOSM) and Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland (FOSNI).

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 26, 1914
Birth place
Helensburgh
Date of deathAugust 12, 2007

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allegianceUnited Kingdom
award
Mentioned in dispatches
military operations
Prisoner of war
British Pacific Fleet
Siege of Malta (World War II)
World War II
Operation Torch
military branch
Royal Navy
military command
Royal Naval College Greenwich
3rd Submarine Squadron
4th Submarine Squadron
HMS Fernie
HMS Splendid
HMS Ursula
service start1931
service end1970

Ian McGeoch on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2893872.ece
  2. http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,2199519,00.html
  3. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/17/db1702.xml
  4. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article2289888.ece