Vice Admiral Sir John Morrison Forbes KCB (16 August 1925 – 24 October 2021) was a British

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officer who became

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Naval career

Forbes attended

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in Holywood, County Down and the

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. He was appointed Second-in-Command and Operational Commander of the

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in 1966.Debrett's People of Today 1994 Forbes joined the Directorate of Naval Plans at the

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in 1969 and then became Captain of the

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HMS ''Triumph'' in 1971 and Captain of the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth in 1972. Promoted to rear admiral he became

in 1974 and, following his promotion to vice admiral in 1977, he became

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and Admiral Superintendent at Devonport. He retired in 1979. In retirement he became Chairman of the Civil Service Commissioners Interview Panel.

Personal life

In 1950 he married Joyce Hadden; they have two sons and two daughters. He died on 24 October 2021, at the age of 96.Forbes
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References

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