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Clifton College.
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John Bush
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Educated at Clifton College, Bush was commissioned into the Royal Navy and served in World World War World War II He became Commanding officer of the destroyer HMS Undine as well as Captain of the 6th Frigate Squadron in 1955, Flag Officer (Flotillas) in the Mediterranean Fleet in 1961 and then Commander of the British Naval staff in Washington Doctorate. C. in 1962. In January 1967 he led a British delegation to South Africa to renegotiate the Simonstown Agreement. He was appointed Vice Chief of the Naval Staff in 1965 and the first Commander-in-Chief Western Fleet in 1967.
He retired in 1970.
In retirement he held the posts of Rear-Admiral and then Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom. He died on 10 May 2013.
Membership
He was one of the inaugural members of East Hampshire District Council after its creation in 1973.
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British