James Eberle

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Sir James Eberle
James Eberle (cropped).jpg
Sir James Eberle in 1981
Born(1927-05-31)31 May 1927
Died17 May 2018(2018-05-17) (aged 90)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1941–1982
RankAdmiral
Commands heldFleet
Naval Home Command
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir James Henry Fuller Eberle, GCB (31 May 1927 – 17 May 2018) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy who served as Commander-in-Chief Fleet from 1979 until 1981.

Naval career[]

Educated at Clifton College and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth,[1][2] Eberle was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1941.[3] He served in the Second World War.[3]

Eberle was promoted to rear admiral in 1971 and was appointed Assistant Chief of Fleet Support the following year.[3] He became Flag Officer Sea Training in 1974, Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers and Amphibious Ships in 1975 and Chief of Fleet Support in 1977.[3] He went on to be Commander-in-Chief Fleet in 1979 and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command in 1981; he retired in 1982.[3]

Later life[]

In retirement Eberle became Director of the Royal Institute for International Affairs.[3] He was also Rear Admiral and then Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom and became Master of the Britannia Beagles hunt.[1]

Personal life[]

In 1950 Eberle married Ann Patricia Thompson; they went on to have one son, Peter, and two daughters, Susan and Sarah.[3] Eberle died in May 2018 at the age of 90.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Merchant Venturers". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. ref no 11080: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Debrett's People of Today 1994
  4. ^ "Admiral Sir James Eberle – obituary". The Telegraph. London. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

Sources[]

  • Eberle, James From Greenland's Icy Shore, Roundtuit Publishing, 2007; ISBN 978-1-904499-15-2
Military offices
Preceded by
John Roberts 		Flag Officer Sea Training
1974–1975 		Succeeded by
John Gerard-Pearse
Preceded by
Sir Peter White 		Chief of Fleet Support
1977–1979 		Succeeded by
Sir William Pillar
Preceded by
Sir Henry Leach 		Commander-in-Chief Fleet
1979–1981 		Succeeded by
Sir John Fieldhouse
Preceded by
Sir Richard Clayton 		Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command
1981–1983 		Succeeded by
Sir Desmond Cassidi
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Sir Anthony Morton 		Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom
1988–1994 		Succeeded by
Sir Nicholas Hunt
Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom
1994–1997
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