John Roxburgh (Royal Navy officer)
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Vice-Admiral
Vice Admiral (Royal Navy)
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 Sir John Charles Young Roxburgh KCB
Order of the Bath
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 CBE
Order of the British Empire
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 DSO
Distinguished Service Order
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 DSC
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 & bar
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 (29 June 1919 – 13 April 2004) was a Royal Navy
Royal Navy
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 officer who became Flag Officer, Plymouth
Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
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Naval career

Educated at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth
Britannia Royal Naval College
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, Roxborough joined the Royal Navy in 1933. He commanded the submarine
Submarine
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s HMS H43
HMS H43
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, HMS United
HMS United (P44)
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 and HMS Tapir
HMS Tapir (P335)
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 during World War II
World War II
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. After the war he commanded the submarine HMS Turpin
HMS Turpin (P354)
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 and the destroyer
Destroyer
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 HMS Contest.

He was appointed Deputy Director of Plans (Navy) at the Ministry of Defence
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 in 1964, Commanding Officer of the aircraft carrier
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 HMS Eagle
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 in 1965 and Flag Officer Sea Training in 1967. He went on to be Flag Officer, Plymouth
Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth
The Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth was a senior commander of the Royal Navy for hundreds of years. Plymouth Command was a name given to the units, establishments, and staff operating under the admiral's command. In the nineteenth century the holder of the office was known as Commander-in-Chief,...

 in July 1969 and Flag Officer Submarines in September 1969 before retiring in 1972.

In retirement he was Chairman of the Grovebell Group, President of the Royal Naval Benevolent Trust, Chairman of The Freedom Association
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's management committee and a Surrey county councillor
Surrey County Council
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. He is buried at All Saints Church at Tilford
Tilford
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 in Surrey
Surrey
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