David Eckersley-Maslin

Rear Admiral David Michael Eckersley-Maslin CB (born 27 September 1929) is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Flag Officer Sea Training.

David Eckersley-Maslin
Born	27 September 1929
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands held	HMS Eastbourne HMS Euryalus HMS Fife HMS Blake
Battles/wars	Falklands War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

Naval career

Educated at Britannia Royal Naval College, Eckersley-Maslin joined the Royal Navy and shortly thereafter saw action during the Malayan Emergency in the early 1950s.[1] After serving as commanding officer of the frigates HMS Eastbourne and HMS Euryalus, he became Captain of the Royal Navy Presentation Team in 1974.[1] He took command of the destroyer HMS Fife in early 1975 and then of the cruiser HMS Blake later that year.[1] He went on to be Director of Naval Operational Requirements in 1977, Flag Officer Sea Training in 1980[2] and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Operational Planning) during the Falklands War in 1982.[1] His final appointments were as Assistant Director (Communications and Information Systems) at NATO in 1984 and as Director-General of the NATO Communications and Information Systems Agency in 1986 before retiring in 1991.[1]

Eckersley-Maslin was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1984 Birthday Honours.[3]

References

1. Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
2. Mackie, Colin. "Senior Royal Navy Appointments from 1865" (PDF). Gulabin. Colin Mackie. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
3. "No. 49768". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1984. p. 2.