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Sir Peter Geoffrey Marshall Herbert, (28 February 1929 – 3 May 2019) was a senior Royal Navy officer and former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.

Naval career

Educated at Dunchurch Hall and the Britannia Royal Naval College, Herbert was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1949.Debretts People of Today 1994 He served in

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s for much of his early career and then became

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of the nuclear-powered submarine, HMS ''Valiant'', in 1963. He was made

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of the cruiser HMS ''Blake'' in 1974, and then Deputy Chief of the Polaris Executive in 1976. He went on to be Flag Officer, Carriers and Amphibious Ships in 1978 and

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in 1980. He was appointed Flag Officer Submarines and Commander, Submarines, Eastern Atlantic Area in 1981 and in that role took part in the

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. He became Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff in 1983. In retirement he became a Non-Executive Director of Radamec Group plc. He died on 3 May 2019 at the age of 90.Herbert
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Family

In 1953, he married Anne Maureen McKeown (died 11 January 2012) and they went on to have one son and one daughter.

References

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