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Vice Admiral Sir John Willson Musgrave Eaton, KBE, CB, DSO, DSC (3 November 1902 – 21 July 1981[1]) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief America and West Indies Station from 1955 to 1956.

Naval career

Eaton joined the Royal Navy in 1916 and served in the First World War.[2] After the war he served in destroyers and then in submarines.[2]

Eaton served in the Second World War and commanded the destroyers HMS Venetia, HMS Mohawk, HMS Somali and HMS Eskimo.[2]

After the war he became Captain of the cruiser HMS Sheffield and then Captain of the training school HMS St Vincent.[2] He was appointed Director at the Royal Navy Staff College, Greenwich in 1949, Flag Officer commanding HM Australian Fleet in 1951 and Flag Officer commanding the Reserve Fleet in 1954.[2] His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1955; he took part in Operation Strikeback (a major NATO training exercise) in 1957 and retired in 1958.[2]

His life is commemorated by an inscription at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Kelvedon in Essex.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Vice-Admiral Sir John Eaton". The Times. No. 60987. 23 July 1981. p. 16.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  3. ^ Monumental inscriptions Essex Record Office
Military offices
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station
1955–1956 		Succeeded by
Sir Wilfrid Woods
as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
Preceded by Commander-in-Chief, Reserve Fleet
1954–1955 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet
1951–1953 		Succeeded by
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