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Sir James George Jungius

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officer who became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic.

Naval career

Educated at the

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, Jungius was commissioned a sub-lieutenant on 1 February 1943. He served in the Royal Navy during

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and took part on

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operations in the

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.Debrett's People of Today 1994 During the Italian Campaign, he took part in the capture of Termoli in

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, for which he was

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. He was promoted to lieutenant-commander on 1 December 1951, and to commander on 31 December 1955. He took command of the

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HMS ''Wizard'' during the

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in 1956. Promoted to captain on 30 June 1963, he was appointed Assistant Naval

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in Washington D. C. in 1968 and Captain of the

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HMS ''Albion'' in 1971. Jungius was promoted to rear admiral on 7 July 1972 and appointed Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Operational Requirements) the same year. He was promoted to vice-admiral on 8 September 1974, and was appointed Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic from January 1975. He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the

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(KBE) in the

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, and was appointed the

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's Representative in Europe in 1978. He retired on 21 April 1980. In retirement he became Deputy Lieutenant of

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. He died on 14 October 2020 at the age of 96.

Family

In 1949, he married Rosemary Frances Turquand Matthey: they have three sons. Lady Jungius died in 2005.Lady Jungius, wife of Vice-Admiral Sir James Jungius, KBE
Daily Telegraph, 23 April 2005

References

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