Английская Википедия:David Hallifax
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person Admiral Sir David John Hallifax, Шаблон:Postnominals (3 September 1927 – 23 August 1992) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle from 1988 until 1992.
Hallifax was educated at Winchester College, joined Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth as a cadet in 1945[1] and spent his early years in minesweepers based in the eastern Mediterranean. His first command was as a young lieutenant in the fast patrol boat MTB5008.
In 1954 Hallifax qualified as a Torpedo and Anti-Submarine Officer serving in Шаблон:HMS during the Suez Crisis in 1956 and later in Шаблон:HMS in the West Indies.[2] He also commanded the destroyer Шаблон:HMS[1] at home and in East Asia before taking command of Шаблон:HMS in 1973.[1] Following an appointment to the Ministry of Defence as Director of Naval Operational Requirements, he became Flag Officer First Flotilla, a position once held by his father. It was from here that he went to the Northwood Headquarters as Chief of Staff to Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse, Commander-in-Chief Fleet in 1980.[1] As Chief of Staff he was responsible for the day-to-day control of the Headquarters during the Falklands War. His next appointment was to the United States of America as the NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1982.[1] His final appointment was Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1986.[1]
Hallifax retired from the navy in 1987.[1] He was a keen yachtsman, competing in the 1971 Admirals Cup aboard the 'Prospect of Whitby'. He was a skilled woodworker, with a particular interest in fine reproduction furniture.[1]
In 1988 Hallifax was made Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle.[1] He died of motor neurone disease in 1992.
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