Admiral Sir John Byng Frewen GCB

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 (1911–1975) was Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command

Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth

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Naval career

Frewen joined the Royal Navy

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 in 1924. He served in World War II

World War II

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 in the Russian Convoys

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 and as Squadron Navigating Officer for Aircraft Carriers in the Pacific. He also served in the Korean War

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 as Commander of HMS Mounts Bay

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He was appointed Chief of Staff

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 to the Commander-in-Chief

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, Home Fleet in 1959 and then became Flag Officer Second in Command at the Far East Station in 1961. He went on to be Vice Chief of the Naval Staff in 1963 and Commander-in-Chief

Commander-in-Chief

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, Home Fleet in 1965. He was then appointed Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth

Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth

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 in 1967. Finally he was appointed the first Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command

Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth

The Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth was a senior commander of the Royal Navy for hundreds of years. Portsmouth Command was a name given to the units, establishments, and staff operating under the post.-History:...

 (following the merger of the Portsmouth and Plymouth Command

Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth

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s) in 1969. In that capacity he welcomed Sir Alec Rose

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 back to Portsmouth

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 after his single-handed trip around the world. Frewen was also First and Principal Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen from 1968 to 1970. He retired in 1970.

In retirement he established Frewen College, a school for dyslexic

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 people in Sussex

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, as an educational trust. In 1972 he was Chairman of the Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889).