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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Conyers Leach, GCB, DL (18 November 1923 – 26 April 2011) was a Royal Navy officer who, as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff during the early 1980s, was instrumental in convincing the British prime minister Margaret Thatcher that retaking the Falkland Islands from Argentina was feasible.
The First Sea Lord, officially known as the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff (1SL/CNS) is a statutory position in the British Armed Forces, usually held by an admiral. As the highest-ranking officer to serve in the Royal Navy , the chief is the principal military advisor on matters pertaining to the navy and a deputy to the Secretary of ...
Tovey was born on 7 March 1885 at Borley Hill, Rochester, Kent, the youngest child (of eleven) of Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton Tovey, RE, and Maria Elizabeth Goodhue. [1] He was educated at Durnford School, Langton Matravers (joining the school shortly before another future British admiral, Geoffrey Oliver) [2] and as a naval cadet in the training ship Britannia at Dartmouth (15 January 1900 ...
The Second Sea Lord was responsible for the recruitment and training of seamen, Royal Marines, orderlies, nurses and doctors, discipline and the appointment of all officers except those reserved to the First Lord. The Third Sea Lord's remit included planning and design for the fleet, including ships and their machinery, armour, naval guns and ...
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The uniforms of the Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, the Maritime Volunteer Service, the Sea Cadet Corps, the Navy branch of the Combined Cadet Force and the Volunteer Cadet Corps as well as modern uniforms of Trinity House, the Royal Australian Navy, the Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal Malaysian Navy and the Indian Navy are virtually ...
The Sea Cadets had approximately 400 Units and 50,000 Cadets. The Girls Naval Training Corps was formed as well (later renamed Girls Nautical Training Corps in 1950). [4] Queen Elizabeth II became the Patron of the Sea Cadets in 1952. [4] In 1955 the Sea Cadet Council agreed to the formation of the Marine Cadet Section. [4]
Boyce became First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff in October 1998 and was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the 1999 Birthday Honours. [12] He was appointed Chief of the Defence Staff in February 2001, [2] and in that role is believed to have had concerns about US plans for a national missile defence system. [5]