Geoffrey Robson

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|name= Sir Geoffrey Robson

|image= Royal Navy Admirals at conference on HMS Liverpool 1952 IWM A 32077.jpg

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|caption= Rear Admiral Robson, fourth from left, at a conference with First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, and other admirals aboard {{HMS|Liverpool|C11|6}} in 1952

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|birth_date= {{birth date|1902|03|10|df=yes}}

|birth_place= Ceylon

|death_date= {{death date and age|1989|12|25|1902|03|10|df=yes}}

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|allegiance= United Kingdom

|branch= Royal Navy

|serviceyears= 1915–1958

|rank= Vice Admiral

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|commands= Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic (1956–58)
Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland (1953–56)
HMS Ganges (1948–50)
{{HMS|Superb|25|6}} (1945–47)
26th Destroyer Flotilla (1944)
{{HMS|Hardy|R08|6}} (1943)
{{HMS|Kandahar|F28|6}} (1939–41)
{{HMS|Wren|D88|6}} (1935–36)
{{HMS|Rowena||6}} (1934)

|battles= First World War
Second World War

|awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order & Bar
Distinguished Service Cross
Mentioned in Despatches (3)
Order of St. Olav (Norway)

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Vice Admiral Sir William Geoffrey Arthur Robson, {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KBE|CB|DSO1|DSC}} (10 March 1902 – 25 December 1989) was a Royal Navy officer whose last Service appointment was Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic.

Naval career

Educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth,{{Cite web|title=The Memoirs of Vice-Admiral Sir William Robson {{!}} ArchiveSearch|url=https://archivesearch.lib.cam.ac.uk/repositories/9/resources/1791|access-date=2021-11-16|website=archivesearch.lib.cam.ac.uk}} Robson joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1915 during the First World War and served as a midshipman on the battleship {{HMS|Malaya||6}}.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110205225939/http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/ROBSON.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives] He commanded the destroyers {{HMS|Rowena||6}} from 1934 and {{HMS|Wren|D88|6}} from 1935.

Robson also served during the Second World War, initially as Commander of the destroyer {{HMS|Kandahar|F28|6}} and then with combined operations from 1943 before commanding the 26th Destroyer Flotilla in 1944 and then Captain of Coastal Forces at The Nore in 1945.

After the War he was given command of the cruiser {{HMS|Superb|25|6}} and then, from 1948, of the Royal Navy Training Establishment HMS Ganges. Robson was appointed President of the Admiralty Interview Board in 1950, Flag Officer (Flotillas) for the Home Fleet in 1951 and then Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland in 1953. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic in 1956.

He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1956.

At Freetown in early 1957, {{HMS|Veryan Bay|K651}} wore Vice-Admiral Robson's flag as Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic. Veryan Bay proceeded to Plymouth, arriving on 11 March 1957, and was then paid-off.{{Cite web |url= http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-15Fr-Bay-VeryanBay.htm|title=HMS Veryan Bay, frigate |work=naval-history.net |last=Mason |first=Geoffrey B. |editor=Gordon Smith |date=2005 |accessdate=9 December 2020}}

Sir Geoffrey Robson retired in July 1958.{{London Gazette|issue=41516|page=6110| date=7 October 1958}} In retirement he served as Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Guernsey from 1958 to 1964.

Geoffrey Robson

Naval career

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