Rear Admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regarde ...

Jeremy Thomas Sanders CB, OBE (born 23 November 1942) is a retired

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officer.

Naval career

Educated at Norwood School in

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and the

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, Sanders was commissioned into the

in 1960. After serving on the

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, HMS ''Hermes'', in the

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, he became Commanding Officer of HMS ''Andromeda'' and Commander of the 8th Frigate Squadron in September 1985, Director of the Maritime Tactical School in May 1987 and Chief Naval Signal Officer in April 1989. He went on to be Director of Naval Warfare in 1990 and Commander

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in April 1992. In retirement he became Chairman of the Trustees of the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel.

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