Rear Admiral David Arthur Dunbar-Nasmith (21 February 1921 – 15 September 1997) was a former

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officer who became

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Naval career

Born the son of Admiral

Martin Dunbar-Nasmith Admiral Sir Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith, (1 April 1883 – 29 June 1965) was a Royal Navy officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth force ...

, Dunbar-Nasmith joined the

as a Midshipman in 1939.Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
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II in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean before being given command of HMS ''Haydon'' and then HMS ''Peacock''. After the war he commanded HMS ''Moon'' and then HMS ''Rowena'' before joining the staff of the Flag Officer, 1st Cruiser Squadron and then commanding HMS ''Enard Bay''. He joined the staff of the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1952 and was then given command of the frigate HMS ''Alert'' in 1954. After that he joined the Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe in 1958 and then became Commanding Officer of the frigate HMS ''Berwick'' as well as Captain of the 5th Frigate Squadron in 1961. He was appointed Director of Defence Plans at the Ministry of Defence in 1963, Commodore, Amphibious Forces, Far East Fleet from May 1966 to July 1967. Next appointed as

in 1967 and finally Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland in 1970 before retiring in 1972. In retirement he became Chairman of the

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.Former chairman of HIDB dies at home, aged 76
Glasgow Herald, 20 September 1997 He was also

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. He lived at

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in Moray.

Family

He married Elizabeth Bowlby in 1951; they had two daughters and two sons. She died in 2021.DUNBAR-NASMITH, Mrs David OBE (Elizabeth Gwendoline nee BOWLBY) 1927-2021
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References

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