About John Bush
Lived 1914 – 2013 (aged 98). John Bush was a naval officer.
Admiral Sir John Fitzroy Duyland Bush (1 November 1914 – 10 May 2013) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief Western Fleet.
Naval career Educated at Clifton College, Bush was commissioned into the Royal Navy and served in World War II. He became Commanding officer of the destroyer HMS Undine as well as Captain of the 6th Frigate Squadron in 1955, Flag Officer (Flotillas) in the Mediterranean Fleet in 1961 and then Commander of the British Naval staff in Washington, D.C. in 1962.
In January 1967 he led a British delegation to South Africa to renegotiate the Simonstown Agreement.
He was appointed Vice Chief of the Naval Staff in 1965 and the first Commander-in-Chief Western Fleet in 1967. He retired in 1970.
Family In 1938 he married Ruth Kennedy Horsey. They went on to have three sons and two daughters.
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Who was John Bush?
Royal Navy admiral (1914-2013)
When was John Bush born?
John Bush was born on 1 November 1914.
When did John Bush die?
John Bush died on 10 May 2013.
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John Bush was a naval officer.
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