About Peter Herbert
Lived 1929 – 2019 (aged 90). Peter Herbert was a British naval officer.
Admiral Sir Peter Geoffrey Marshall Herbert, (28 February 1929 – 3 May 2019) was a senior Royal Navy officer and former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.
Naval career Educated at Dunchurch Hall and the Britannia Royal Naval College, Herbert was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1949. He served in submarines for much of his early career and then became Commander of the nuclear-powered submarine, HMS Valiant, in 1963. He was promoted to full admiral on 10 June 1983, and became Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff the same year.
He died on 3 May 2019 at the age of 90.
Family In 1953, he married Anne Maureen McKeown (died 11 January 2012) and they went on to have one son and one daughter.
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Who was Peter Herbert?
Royal Navy admiral (1929-2019)
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Peter Herbert was born on 28 February 1929.
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Peter Herbert died on 3 May 2019.
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Peter Herbert was a naval officer.
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· DBpedia: Peter Herbert (Royal Navy officer)
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