Vice Admiral

Vice Admiral

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 Sir Geoffrey Thomas James Oliver Dalton KCB

Order of the Bath

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 (born 14 April 1931) is a former Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 officer who became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic

Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic

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Naval career

Educated at Reigate Grammar School

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 and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth

Britannia Royal Naval College

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, Dalton joined the Royal Navy in 1949. He was given command of the frigate

Frigate

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 HMS Nubian

HMS Nubian (F131)

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 in 1969. He was appointed Commander of the 7th Frigate Squadron in 1977, Commander of the School of Maritime Operations

HMS Dryad (establishment)

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 in 1979 and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy) in 1981. He went on to be Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic

Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic

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 in 1984 and retired in 1987.

In retirement he became Secretary General of MENCAP

Mencap

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and, more recently, President of the D-Day and Normandy Fellowship.