Barry Wilson (Royal Navy officer)
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| birth_date = 5 June 1936
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Vice Admiral Sir Barry Nigel Wilson {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}} (5 June 1936 – 29 August 2018){{cite news |title=Vice-Admiral Sir Barry Wilson Obit |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/10/21/vice-admiral-sir-barry-wilson-naval-officer-took-part-blockade/ |accessdate=31 October 2018 |work=The Telegraph|date=21 October 2018}} was a senior Royal Navy officer.
Naval career
Educated at St Edward's School, Oxford and Britannia Royal Naval College, Wilson became commanding officer of the frigate HMS Mohawk in 1973 before becoming the first captain of the destroyer {{HMS|Cardiff|D108|6}} in 1978.{{cite web |url=http://www.navynews.co.uk/falklands/ships/cardiff.asp# |title=Navy News – The Falklands Conflict – Fact Card – HMS Cardiff |publisher=navynews.co.uk |accessdate=10 February 2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307092759/http://www.navynews.co.uk/falklands/ships/cardiff.asp |archivedate=7 March 2007}} He went on to be Director of Navy Plans in 1983, Flag Officer Sea Training in 1985 and Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Programmes) in 1987.Debrett's People of Today His last appointment was as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Programmes and Personnel) in 1989 before retiring in 1992.
In retirement he became chairman of SSAFA Forces Help.
He died on 29 August 2018 at the age of 82.{{cite web|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/227017/wilson|title=Wilson|publisher=Telegraph announcements|date=7 September 2018|accessdate=7 September 2018|archive-date=7 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907110344/http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/227017/wilson|url-status=dead}}
Family
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