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Bazalgette was born on July 22, 1924.
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Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon, United Kingdom
Bazalgette was educated at Britannia Royal Naval College.
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Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon, United Kingdom
Bazalgette was educated at Britannia Royal Naval College.
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Derek Willoughby Bazalgette
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Bazalgette was educated at Britannia Royal Naval College.
Career
Bazalgette joined the Royal Navy in 1938 and served in World War II with the Arctic convoys. In 1964, he served as Second-in-Command of the aircraft carrier HMS Centaur. Also Derek assisted in an operation to deploy 45 Commando in Dar es Salaam where the 1st Battalion Tanganyika Rifles had staged a mutiny.
In 1965, he became a director of Naval Operations at the Ministry of Defence. Two years later Bazalgette was appointed a commanding officer of the frigate HMS Aurora. In 1970, he took a position of a chief of staff to the Commander British Forces in Hong Kong. Then in 1972, Derek became a commanding officer of the commando carrier HMS Bulwark. Also he worked as a president of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich from 1974 to 1976.
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British
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1938
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1964 - 1965
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1965 - 1967
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1967 - 1970
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1970 - 1972
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1972 - 1974
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1974 - 1976
