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George Barney Hamley Fawkes CB, CVO,

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(4 September 1903 – 26 July 1967) was a

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officer who became Flag Officer Submarines.

Naval career

Fawkes joined the

in 1920. He became commanding officer of the

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HMS ''H50'' in April 1932 and of the submarine HMS ''Otus'' in April 1935. He served in the

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becoming commander of the 8th Submarine Flotilla, based at

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, in December 1940 and Chief of Staff to the Rear-Admiral, Submarines in December 1943. Fawkes went on to be Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station in November 1946, Director of the Operations Division at the

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in January 1949 and Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief,

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in December 1951. His last appointment was as Flag Officer Submarines in February 1954 before retiring in January 1956.

Family

In 1924 Fawkes married Winifred Joyce Deakin; they had one son. Following a divorce from his first wife, he married Suzette Flagler in 1949.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fawkes, George 1903 births 1967 deaths Royal Navy rear admirals Companions of the Order of the Bath Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order