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Gwynedd Idris Pritchard CB (18 June 1924–July 2012) was a

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officer who served as Flag Officer Sea Training.

Naval career

Educated at Wyggeston School in

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, Pritchard joined the

in 1942 during the

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, 2010, He became commanding officer of the

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HMS ''Phoebe'' in February 1970. He was appointed Director of Naval Operations and Trade under the Ministry of Defence Naval Staff in November 1972 to July 1974 and Captain of the School of Maritime Operations in October 1974. He went on to be Flag Officer Sea Training in November 1976 and

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in January 1979 before retiring in January 1981. Pritchard was appointed a

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in the

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. He died in July 2012.

References

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