Peter Hill-Norton
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Admiral of the Fleet Peter John Hill-Norton, Baron Hill-Norton was a senior Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Second World War as gunnery officer in a cruiser operating on the Western Approaches an
Hill-Norton in 1974
The cruiser HMS Cumberland in which Hill-Norton took part in the Arctic convoys during the Second World War
The Polaris missile improvement programme was approved by Hill-Norton as First Sea Lord
First Sea Lord
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First Sea Lord, officially First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, is the title of the professional head of His Majesty's Naval Service. The CNS is a member of the Chiefs of Staff Committee and,
Peter Hill-Norton
…convoys and finally on a battleship in the Eastern Fleet. After the war he commanded a destroyer and then an aircraft carrier. Hill-Norton served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff and then Chief of the Defence Staff in early 1970s. In the latter role he gave the final commitment to Project Chevaline, the Polaris missile improvement…
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