About Geoffrey Biggs
Lived 1938 – 2002 (aged 63). Geoffrey Biggs was a naval officer.
Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey William Roger Biggs, (23 November 1938 – 29 June 2002) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet from 1992 to 1995.
Early life and family Biggs was born on 23 November 1938, the son of Lieutenant Commander (later Vice Admiral Sir) Hilary Biggs and Florence Biggs ( Backhouse) and grandson of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Backhouse. He was educated at Charterhouse and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. He went on to command the submarine and then the frigate . His last appointments were as Flag Officer Gibraltar in 1990 and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet in 1992 before retiring in 1995.
Later life In retirement Biggs worked for International Computers Limited. He died on 29 June 2002, aged 63.
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