David Clutterbuck
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{{Infobox military person
|name= Sir David Clutterbuck
|birth_date= 25 January 1913
|death_date= 13 December 2008 (aged 95)
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|allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
|serviceyears= 1929–1968
|rank= Vice-Admiral
|branch= {{navy|UK}}
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|battles= World War II
|awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
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Vice-Admiral Sir David Granville Clutterbuck {{postnominals|country=UK|size=100%|sep=|KBE|CB}} (25 January 1913 – 13 December 2008) was a Royal Navy officer who became NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1966.
Naval career
Educated at {{HMS|Conway|school ship}}, Clutterbuck joined the Royal Navy in 1929.Debrett's People of Today 1994 He served in World War II on the cruiser {{HMS|Ajax|22|6}}, seeing action in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea; escorting several Malta relief convoys, landing (and then evacuating) Allied troops from Greece, and being present at the Battle of Cape Matapan. His next ship was the heavy cruiser {{HMS|Newfoundland|59|6}} taking part in the invasion of Sicily.{{cite web |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5525654.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100524185009/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5525654.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 May 2010 |title=Obituary: Vice Admiral Sir David Clutterbuck |work=The Times |date=16 January 2009}} After the war he commanded the destroyers {{HMS|Sluys|D60|6}} and {{HMS|Cadiz|D79|6}}. He was appointed naval attaché in Bonn in 1954, Captain of the cruiser {{HMS|Blake|C99|6}} in 1960 and Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet in 1963. He went on to be Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1966 and retired in 1968.
Civilian life
After retiring from military life, Sir David Clutterbuck became the first Director General of the Association of MBAs in 1969 (which carried the name Business Graduates Association until 1987).{{cite web |url=http://www.mbaworld.com:81/MBAWorld/jsp/images/knowledge/Ambition_newsletter_jan07_pdf_version.pdf |title=Association of MBAs fabulous at forty |work=Ambition |date=January 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425045432/http://www.mbaworld.com:81/MBAWorld/jsp/images/knowledge/Ambition_newsletter_jan07_pdf_version.pdf |archivedate=25 April 2012}}
Family
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{{succession box| title=Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic| before=Sir William Beloe| after=Sir Peter Compston | years=1966–1968}}
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Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath