Education
Hallifax was educated at Winchester College, joined Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth as a cadet in 1945 and spent his early years in minesweepers based in the eastern Mediterranean.
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David Hallifax
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His first command was as a young lieutenant in the fast patrol boat MTB5008. In 1954 he qualified as a Torpedo and Anti-Submarine Officer serving in HMS Salerno during the Suez Crisis in 1956 and later in HMS Whirlwind in the West Indies. He also commanded the destroyer HMS Agincourt at home and in East Asia before taking command of HMS Fife in 1973.
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.
His next appointment was to the United States of America as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1982. His final appointment was Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1986.
Hallifax retired from the Navy in 1987. 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.
In 1988 he was made Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle. He died of motor neurone disease in 1992.
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August 23, 1992 (aged 64)