Description: COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH** SIGNED BY **ADMIRAL SIR JULIAN OSWALDROYAL NAVY : FIRST SEA LORDA.D.C. TO QUEEN ELIZABETH IIDate: Circa 1990Size: 9.5" x 7.25"Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Julian Robertson Oswald GCB (1933-2011) was a senior Royal Navy officer. After training as a gunnery specialist, Oswald commanded a frigate and then a destroyer before achieving higher command in the navy. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff in the early 1990s. In that capacity he advised the British Government on the reduction in the size of the fleet under the Options for Change restructuring programme and on the deployment of Naval Support for the Gulf War in 1991: he also made the decision that members of the Women's Royal Naval Service should be allowed to serve in Royal Navy ships.He was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Queen on 7 July 1982 and was promoted to rear admiral on 2 September 1982 on his appointment as Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Programmes). Oswald became Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Policy and Nuclear) in January 1985 and went on to become Flag Officer, Third Flotilla and Commander, Anti-Submarine Warfare Striking Fleet in October 1985. Promoted to vice-admiral on 3 January 1986, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1987 New Year Honours. He was promoted to full admiral on 29 May 1987, on appointment as Commander-in-Chief Fleet and NATO Commander-in-Chief, Channel and Commander-in-Chief Eastern Atlantic.Oswald became First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in May 1989. In that capacity he advised the British Government on the reduction in the size of the fleet under the Options for Change restructuring programme and on the deployment of Naval Support for the Gulf War in 1991.**************************************************************************All items are promptly posted out in secure board-backed envelopes and we always combine postage on multiple purchases BIBLIO HISTORIA * AUTOGRAPHS * BOOKS & EPHEMERA * POSTAL COVERS * POSTCARDS * Visit our ebay shop to see our full range of rare and interesting items New items are added most days! ** THANK YOU FOR LOOKING ** ************************************************************************** Track Page Views WithAuctiva's Counter
Price: 24.95 GBP
Location: Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
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