Admiral Sir Richard Clayton GCB | |
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Born | 9 July 1925 |
Died | 15 September 1984 | (aged 59)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1942 – 1981 |
Rank | Admiral |
Commands held |
HMS Puma Gibraltar Dockyard HMS Kent HMS Hampshire Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command |
Battles/wars |
World War II Suez Crisis |
Awards | Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Sir Richard Pilkington Clayton GCB (9 July 1925 – 15 September 1984) was Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command.
Clayton joined the Royal Navy in 1942 and served as a midshipman on HMS Cumberland until 1943 when he was on various destroyers of the Home Fleet. [1] He also served on HMS Striker during the Suez Crisis in 1956. [1]
He became Commanding Officer of HMS Puma in 1958 and Executive Officer on HMS Lion in 1962. [1] He became Captain of the Gibraltar Dockyard in 1967 [2] and then commanded HMS Kent and then HMS Hampshire in the late 1960s. [1] He was appointed Flag Officer Second Flotilla in 1973 and Senior Naval Member on Directing Staff at the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1975. [1]
He was appointed Controller of the Navy in 1975, was promoted to full admiral on 28 March 1978, [3] and became Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command in 1979. [1] He retired in 1981. [1]
In retirement he became a Director at GEC [4] and was a Governor of Rendcomb College. [5] He died in a motor cycling accident in September 1984. [6]