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Charles Mills (Royal Navy officer)
Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Piercy Mills (4 October 1914 – 27 July 2006) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Governor of Guernsey.
==Naval career==
Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Mills joined the Royal Navy in 1932.〔(Obituary: Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Mills ) The Times, 12 August 2006〕
He served in World War II and briefly commanded HMS ''Brazen'' in 1939.〔 He worked at Western Approaches Command in Liverpool at the height of the Battle of the Atlantic.〔 He went on to be a signals officer at Algiers before joining the planning staff for the Normandy landings.〔 He then became a signals officer based in Ceylon.〔
He also fought in the Korean War as captain of the destroyer HMS ''Concord'' earning the DSC for his services.〔 He was then made Second-in-Command of the signals school at Portsmouth, and then from 1956, he became Chief Staff Officer to the Flag Officer Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet.〔 He was appointed CBE for services during the Suez Crisis.〔 In 1959 he took command of the destroyer HMS ''Daring'' and the 2nd Destroyer Squadron and in 1963 he was made Director-General (Weapons).〔
He was appointed Flag Officer Second-in-Command, Far East Fleet in 1966 and the final Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth in 1967.〔 He retired in 1969 and became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.〔
In retirement he ived at Aldeburgh in Suffolk.〔(The Peerage.com )〕
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