About Eric Clifford
Lived 1900 – 1964 (aged 64). Eric Clifford was a naval officer.
Vice-Admiral Sir Eric George Anderson Clifford, (3 September 1900 – 7 September 1964) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff from 1954 to 1957.
Early life and education Clifford was born in Hove, Sussex, the son of Captain William Trannock Clifford RNR of Poplar and his wife, Clara Strutt, born in Cape Colony. He was appointed Fleet Navigating Officer, for the China Station in 1938. and then as Naval Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet from 1941 to 1943.
After the war Clifford became Chief of Staff in Hong Kong and then was given command of the Navigation School in 1947. He was made Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff and a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty in 1954; he retired in 1957.
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Royal Navy admiral (1900-1964)
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Eric Clifford was born on 3 September 1900 in Hove.
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Eric Clifford died on 7 September 1964 in Hailsham.
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