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 rega ...

Jonathon Reeve CB (born 1 October 1949) is a former

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officer who ended his naval career as

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Naval career

Educated at

St Catharine's College, Cambridge St Catharine's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1473 as Katharine Hall, it adopted its current name in 1860. The college is nicknamed "Catz". The college is located in the historic city-centre of Cam ...

, Reeve joined the

in 1967 and specialized in engineering.Appointment of Non-Executive Director
Oxford Metrics Group, 30 October 2006 He was appointed Commander of HM Naval Base Plymouth in 1998 and, following promotion to rear admiral in 2000,Whitaker's Almanack 2001 he became Change Director at Fleet Headquarters in 2000. He went on to be

as well as Naval Member for Logistics on the

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in December 2000 before retiring in 2004. In retirement he became a Non-Executive Director of Oxford Metrics Group.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reeve, Jonathon 1949 births Living people Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Royal Navy admirals Companions of the Order of the Bath