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Admiral Sir Gerald Vaughan Gladstone (1901–1978) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet. ==Naval career== Gladstone joined the Royal Navy in 1915.〔(Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives )〕 He served in World War I on HMS ''Tiger''.〔 He also served in World War II as Executive Officer on HMS ''Fiji'' and then, from 1941, as Commanding Officer of HMS ''Pelican'' on Atlantic convoy duties.〔 He was made Assistant Director for Torpedoes and Mining Deputy at the Admiralty in 1942.〔 After the War he was Captain of and then Captain of the Fleet in the Mediterranean Fleet from 1947.〔 He was given command of HMS ''Vanguard'' in 1949 and appointed Commander of the Royal Navy Barracks at Chatham in 1950.〔 He became Vice Controller of the Royal Navy and Director of Naval Equipment in 1952 and Second in Command of the Far East Fleet and Flag Officer commanding 5th Cruiser Squadron in 1953.〔 He was appointed North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Commander, Allied Naval Forces, Northern Europe in 1955 and Commander-in-Chief, Far East Fleet in 1957; he took part in Queensland's Centenary Celebrations in 1959.〔(Recalling Queensland's Centenary ) Queensland Maritime Museum〕 He retired in 1960.〔 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「Gerald Gladstone (Royal Navy officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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