Vice Admiral Sir Iwan Geoffrey Raikes KCB

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officer who became

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Naval career

Born the son of Admiral Sir

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and educated at the

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, Raikes joined the

in 1935 and decided to specialise in

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s.Sir Iwan Geoffrey Raikes
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives He served in

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and commanded the submarines HMS ''H43'' and HMS ''Varne''.Vice-Admiral Sir Iwan Raikes
Daily Telegraph, 5 January 2012 After the War he commanded the submarines HMS ''Virtue'', HMS ''Talent'' and HMS ''Aeneas'' and then the

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HMS ''Loch Insh''. He was appointed deputy director of Undersurface Warfare in 1962, Director of Plans and Operations on the staff of Commander-in-Chief, Far East in 1965 and Captain of the

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HMS ''Kent'' in 1968. Promoted to rear-admiral, he went on to be

in 1970; after being promoted to vice-admiral he became

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in 1973 and Flag Officer Submarines and Commander of Submarines, Eastern Atlantic Area in 1974 before retiring in 1977. In retirement he became Chairman of the United Usk Fishermen's Association as well as Deputy Lieutenant of

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.Debrett's People of Today 1994 He died on 27 December 2011.

Family

In 1947 he married (Cecilia) Primrose Hunt; they have one son and one daughter. Lady Raikes died in 2022.

References

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