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Sir James Jungius
Born 15 November 1923(1923-11-15) (age 100)
Allegiance Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom Royal Navy
Rank Vice Admiral
Commands held HMS Wizard
HMS Albion
Battles/wars World War II
Suez Crisis
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Vice Admiral Sir James George Jungius KBE DL (born 15 November 1923) is a former Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic.

Naval career[]

Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Jungius served in the Royal Navy during World War II and took part on commando operations in the Adriatic Sea.[1] He took command of the destroyer HMS Wizard during the Suez Crisis in 1956.[2] He was appointed Assistant Naval attaché in Washington D. C. in 1968, Captain of the aircraft carrier HMS Albion in 1971[3] and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Operational Requirements) in 1972.[1] He went on to be Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1975 and the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic's Representative in Europe in 1978 before retiring in 1980.[1]

In retirement he became Deputy Lieutenant of Cornwall.[1]

Family[]

In 1949 he married Rosemary Frances Turquand Matthey: they have three sons.[1] Lady Jungius died in 2005.[4]

References[]

Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Gerard Mansfield
Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
1975–1977
Succeeded by
Sir David Loram
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