About Edward Evans-Lombe
Lived 1901 – 1974 (aged 72). Edward Evans-Lombe was a British naval officer.
Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Malcolm Evans-Lombe KCB (15 October 1901 – 14 May 1974) was a Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff.
Naval career Educated at West Downs School and in the Royal Navy, Evans-Lombe served in the Second World War initially as Naval Assistant to the Third Sea Lord and then, from 1942, as Captain of the cruiser HMS Glasgow. He was appointed Director of the Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division at the Admiralty in December 1943, Chief of Staff for the Eastern Fleet in June 1944 and Chief of Staff for the British Pacific Fleet in December 1944.
He became Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff in 1950 and retired in 1955. He died on 14 May 1974.
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Royal Navy admiral
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Edward Evans-Lombe was born on 15 October 1901 in Chester.
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Edward Evans-Lombe died on 14 May 1974.
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