Allegiance United Kingdom Died 1994 Years of service 1924 - 1967 Battles and wars World War II | Battles/wars World War II Service/branch Royal Navy Name John Hamilton Rank Admiral | |
Commands held HMS Alacrity
HMS Newfoundland
Mediterranean Fleet Awards Order of the British Empire, Order of the Bath | ||
Admiral Sir John Graham Hamilton (1910–1994) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet.
Naval career
Hamilton joined the Royal Navy in 1924 and specialised in gunnery in 1936.
He served in World War II on the staff of Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham in the Mediterranean Fleet and was then Gunnery Officer on the battleship HMS Warspite in South East Asia. He also carried out the planning of the Naval Fire Support for the Normandy landings.
After the war he commanded HMS Alacrity before becoming Deputy Director of Radio Equipment in 1950. He went on to be Commander of the 5th Destroyer Squadron in 1952 and Director of Naval Ordnance at the Admiralty in 1954. He was given command of the cruiser HMS Newfoundland in 1956 and became Naval Secretary in 1958. Then he became Flag Officer (Flotillas) for the Home Fleet in 1960 and Flag Officer, Naval Air Command in 1962. His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet and NATO Commander Allied Forces Mediterranean in 1964. He retired in 1967.