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Vice Admiral Sir George Montague Francis Vallings KCB (31 May 1932 – 25 December 2007) was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland. ==Naval career== Educated at Belhaven Hill School in Dunbar and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Vallings joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1950 and took part in the Korean War.〔(Obituary: Vice Admiral Sir George Vallings ) The Times, 19 January 2009〕 He also saw action in the Suez Crisis in 1956.〔(Obituary: Vice Admiral Sir George Vallings ) Daily Telegraph, 10 March 2008〕 He was then given command of the destroyer ''Defender'' in 1967 and became executive officer of the destroyer ''Bristol'' in 1970.〔 He was made naval attaché at the British High Commission in Canberra in 1975, commanding officer of HMS ''Apollo'' as well as captain of the 2nd Frigate Squadron in 1977 and Director of Operations and Trade at the Ministry of Defence in 1978.〔 He went on to be Commodore on the River Clyde in 1980 and then Flag Officer Gibraltar in 1982.〔 He was appointed Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland in 1985 before retiring in 1987.〔(Listing compiled by historian Colin Mackie )〕 In retirement he became Secretary of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.〔
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