Rear Admiral Anthony John Whetstone
CB (12 June 1927 – 19 December 2022) was a British
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...
officer who served as
Flag Officer Sea Training.
Early life
Anthony John Whetstone was born on 12 June 1927 in Coventry.
[ ] He was educated at
King Henry VIII School, Coventry
King Henry VIII School is a coeducational independent day school located in Coventry, England, comprising a senior school (ages 11–18) and associated preparatory school (ages 3–11). The senior school has approximately 800 pupils (120 in eac ...
.
['' Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010, ]
Naval career
He joined the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...
in 1945.
['' Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010, ] He was given command of the
submarine HMS ''Sea Scout'' in 1956, the submarine
HMS ''Artful'' in 1959 and the submarine
HMS ''Repulse'' in 1968.
[ He went on to be commanding officer of the frigate HMS ''Juno'' in 1972, commanding officer of the destroyer HMS ''Norfolk'' in 1977 and Flag Officer Sea Training in 1980.] He went on, in 1981, to be Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff
The Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.) is a senior appointment in the Royal Navy usually a two-star rank and has a NATO ranking code of OF-7.
History
The Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff was originally directly responsible to the Fir ...
(Operations), a role he undertook during the Falklands War, before retiring in 1983.[
Whetstone was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath for services in the Falklands War in October 1982.
]
Personal life and death
In 1951, Whetstone married Betty Georgeson. She died in 2016. He died on 19 December 2022, at the age of 95.
References
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1927 births
2022 deaths
Royal Navy rear admirals
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Royal Navy personnel of the Falklands War
People educated at King Henry VIII School, Coventry
Military personnel from Coventry