David Eckersley-Maslin
Born27 September 1929
Died26 July 2017
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
RankRear Admiral
Commands heldHMS Eastbourne
HMS Euryalus
HMS Fife
HMS Blake
Battles/warsFalklands War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Rear Admiral David Michael Eckersley-Maslin CB (27 September 1929 - 26 July 2017) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Flag Officer Sea Training.

Educated at Britannia Royal Naval College, Eckersley-Maslin joined the Royal Navy and shortly thereafter saw action during the Malayan Emergency in the early 1950s.[1] After serving as commanding officer of the frigates HMS Eastbourne and HMS Euryalus, he became Captain of the Royal Navy Presentation Team in 1974.[1] He took command of the destroyer HMS Fife in early 1975 and then of the cruiser HMS Blake later that year.[1] He went on to be Director of Naval Operational Requirements in 1977, Flag Officer Sea Training in 1980[2] and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Operational Planning) during the Falklands War in 1982.[1] His final appointments were as Assistant Director (Communications and Information Systems) at NATO in 1984 and as Director-General of the NATO Communications and Information Systems Agency in 1986 before retiring in 1991.[1]

Eckersley-Maslin was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1984 Birthday Honours.[3]

Eckersley-Maslin died on 26 July 2017.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
  2. ↑ Mackie, Colin. "Senior Royal Navy Appointments from 1865" (PDF). Gulabin. Colin Mackie. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "No. 49768". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1984. p. 2.
  4. ↑ "Deceased Estates".


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