David Loram

July 24, 1924 (age 86)

London, Greater London, United Kingdom

Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Loram served in the Royal Navy during World World War II and was involved as a junior officer in Operation Tungsten, the action against the German battleship Tirpitz in April 1944. He was also the officer who fired the torpedo which in 1942 sank the cruiser HMS Edinburgh, the Royal Navy ship carrying five tons of Russian gold. He was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General of New Zealand in 1946 and Equerry to the Queen in 1954. He went on to be Flag Officer, Malta in 1973, Commandant of the National Defence College in 1975 and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1977 before retiring in 1980. In retirement he became a Gentleman Usher to the Queen.

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navy officer Allied Commander

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Britannia Royal Naval College.

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Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Loram served in the Royal Navy during World World War II and was involved as a junior officer in Operation Tungsten, the action against the German battleship Tirpitz in April 1944. He was also the officer who fired the torpedo which in 1942 sank the cruiser HMS Edinburgh, the Royal Navy ship carrying five tons of Russian gold. He was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General of New Zealand in 1946 and Equerry to the Queen in 1954.

He went on to be Flag Officer, Malta in 1973, Commandant of the National Defence College in 1975 and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1977 before retiring in 1980.

In retirement he became a Gentleman Usher to the Queen.

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Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath; Commander of the Royal Victorian Order