About Ronald Forrest
Lived 1923 – 2005 (aged 82). Ronald Forrest was a naval officer.
Rear-Admiral Sir Ronald Stephen Forrest, (11 January 1923 – 25 March 2005) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Defence Services Secretary from 1972 to 1975.
Naval career Educated at Belhaven Hill School and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Forrest joined the Royal Navy in 1940 and saw action in the Second World War. He became Director of Seaman Officer Appointments at the Ministry of Defence in 1968, Commanding Officer of the destroyer in 1970 and Defence Services Secretary in 1972 before retiring in 1975.
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Ronald Forrest was born on 11 January 1923.
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Ronald Forrest died on 25 March 2005.
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