Vice Admiral Sir (George Francis) Allan Trewby KCB (8 July 1917 – 23 July 2001) was a

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officer who ended his career as Chief of Fleet Support.

Naval career

Born the eldest son of Vice Admiral George TrewbyObituary: Sir Attan Trewby
Daily Telegraph, 17 August 2001. and educated at the

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, Trewby joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1931 and chose to specialize in engineering.Sir George Francis Allan Trewby
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. He served in

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on the battleship which was damaged by a German mine, on the battleship during the Allied landings in

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and on the cruiser during the Allied landings in

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, and the south of

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. He was mentioned in dispatches for his service on HMS ''Dido''. In 1954 was the winner of the Akroyd Stuart Award from the Institute of Marine Engineering. After serving at sea during the Suez Crisis in 1956, he was appointed Director of Engineering at the

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. He was appointed Commander of the training establishment in 1963 and Captain of HM Naval Base Portland in 1966. Promoted Rear Admiral in 1968, he became Assistant Controller for the Polaris Programme at the Ministry of Defence in 1968, and following promotion to vice admiral, was made Chief of Fleet Support in 1971; he retired in 1974. In retirement Trewby joined Foster Wheeler in

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Family

In 1942 he married Sandra Stedham; they had two sons. Lady Treby died in 2017.Trewby
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Trewby, Allan 1917 births 2001 deaths Royal Navy vice admirals Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath South African emigrants to the United Kingdom