John Stevens

Vice-Admiral Sir John Felgate Stevens KBE CB (1 June 1900 – 10 December 1989) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station.

Naval career Stevens joined the Royal Navy in 1918 and served in the closing stages of World War I. After the War he went to King's College, Cambridge, and then specialised in navigation. and then became Director of Plans at the Admiralty in 1946. He was given command of in 1948 and then became Director of Naval Training in 1949. He was appointed Chief of Staff to the Head of British Joint Services Mission to Washington, D.C., in 1950 and Flag Officer, Home Fleet Training Squadron, in 1952. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station, and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, in 1953. He retired in 1956.