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Admiral Sir Geoffrey Nigel Oliver & Two Bars (22 January 1898 – 26 May 1980) was a Royal Navy officer during the Second World War. ==Early career== The oldest son of a botanist, Professor Francis Wall Oliver, Geoffrey Oliver was educated at Durnford Preparatory School in Langton Matravers, and at Rugby School, and joined the Royal Navy in 1915〔(Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives )〕 as a Special Entry Cadet at Keyham College. He was assigned as a midshipman to HMS ''Dreadnought'' in 1916.〔 In May 1917 he was reassigned to 〔 and in September promoted to sub-lieutenant. In October 1918 he was promoted again, to lieutenant following technical courses in which he performed brilliantly, obtaining First Class certificates in all five subjects, and receiving the Goodenough Medal and prize as the best gunnery student in his year. After a short period serving on HMS ''Resolution'', in 1920 he attended two terms at Queens' College, Cambridge to make up for the short education he received because of the war, followed by promotion courses into 1921. Following this he specialised in gunnery and underwent training at the Royal Navy gunnery school, HMS ''Excellent'', in Portsmouth.〔 He was top of his class in both theory and practical work and was awarded the Commander Egerton prize for the best examination result in practical gunnery. He joined the school as a staff member in the Experimental Department in March 1924. In August 1925 he was assigned as gunnery officer to HMS ''Carlisle'' which was serving on the China Station where he remained into 1927.〔 He was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander in October 1926. In 1928 he returned to the Experimental Department of HMS ''Excellent'', and in January 1930 became gunnery officer on HMS ''Rodney''〔 which at that time was part of the Atlantic Fleet. In March 1932 he returned once again to HMS ''Excellent'', as head of the Experimental Department. Between 1934 and 1936 he commanded HMS ''Diana'' and then HMS ''Veteran''.〔 He married Barbara Jones, daughter of a jurist, Sir Francis A. Jones, in 1933. The couple had three children, of whom only one son survived. His second son died aged 8 of pneumonia, and his daughter died in a bathing accident during a holiday in Norfolk. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geoffrey Oliver」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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