Sir Peter Herbert
Born(1929-02-28)28 February 1929
Died3 May 2019(2019-05-03) (aged 90)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1949–1984
RankAdmiral
Commands heldVice-Chief of the Defence Staff
Flag Officer Submarines
Flag Officer, Carriers and Amphibious Ships
Director-General, Naval Manpower and Training
HMS Blake
HMS Valiant
Battles/warsFalklands War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Admiral Sir Peter Geoffrey Marshall Herbert, KCB, OBE (28 February 1929 3 May 2019) was a senior Royal Navy officer and former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.

Educated at Dunchurch Hall and the Britannia Royal Naval College, Herbert was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1949.[1] He served in submarines for much of his early career and then became Commander of the nuclear-powered submarine, HMS Valiant, in 1963.[1]

He was made Commanding Officer of the cruiser HMS Blake in 1974, and then Deputy Chief of the Polaris Executive in 1976.[1] He went on to be Flag Officer, Carriers and Amphibious Ships in 1978 and Director-General, Naval Manpower and Training in 1980.[1]

He was appointed Flag Officer Submarines and Commander, Submarines, Eastern Atlantic Area in 1981 and in that role took part in the Falklands War.[2] He was promoted to full admiral on 10 June 1983,[3] and became Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff the same year.[1]

In retirement he became a Non-Executive Director of Radamec Group plc.[4]

He died on 3 May 2019 at the age of 90.[5]

Family

In 1953, he married Anne Maureen McKeown (died 11 January 2012) and they went on to have one son and one daughter.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Debretts People of Today 1994
  2. The Falklands conflict twenty years on: lessons for the future By Stephen Badsey, Page 87 Routledge, 2004, ISBN 978-0-415-35030-3
  3. "No. 49370". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1983. p. 7585.
  4. Radamec Group PLC
  5. Herbert
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