Career
Shortly after the end of the war he commanded 41 Commando and 42 Commando. He saw active service in Malaya in the early 1950s during the Malayan Emergency. He was appointed Commanding Officer of 40 Commando in 1958, Commander of 3 Commando Brigade in 1959 and Commander of the Infantry Training Centre Royal Marines in 1960.
His last appointment was as Commandant General Royal Marines in 1968 before retiring in 1971.
In retirement he became Chairman of the Gas Consumers" Council for the South West and lived at Milton Combe in Devon.