Peter Hill-Norton, Baron Hill-Norton
✓ Source-basedstableRoyal Navy admiral of the fleet (1915-2004)
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 and in the North Sea, including the Norwegian Campaign.
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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 and in the North Sea, including the Norwegian Campaign. Subsequently he served on a cruiser covering the Arctic 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 programme. He went on to be Chairman of the NATO Military Committee.
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