Vice-Admiral Sir Cameron Rusby (20 February 1926 – 6 September 2013) was a

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officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic.

Naval career

Educated at the

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, Rusby joined the Royal Navy in February 1945. He served in the closing stages of

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before being given command of the frigate HMS ''Ulster'' in 1958.Debrett's People of Today 1994 He became Executive Officer on

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in 1962, Deputy Director of Naval Signals in 1965 and Commanding Officer of the frigate HMS ''Tartar'' in 1969. He went on to be Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans and Policy) to the Supreme Allied Commander-in-Chief Southern Europe in 1969, Senior Naval Officer West Indies in 1972 and Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations) in 1974. His last appointments were as

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in 1977 and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1980 before retiring in 1982. He died on 6 September 2013.

Family

In 1948 he married Marion Bell, with whom he had two daughters.

References

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