Jeremy Sanders (Royal Navy officer)
{{Short description|Royal Navy Rear Admiral (born 1942)}}
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Rear Admiral Jeremy Thomas Sanders CB, OBE (born 23 November 1942) is a retired Royal Navy officer.
Naval career
Educated at Norwood School in Exeter, Pangbourne College and the Britannia Royal Naval College, Sanders was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1960. After serving on the aircraft carrier, HMS Hermes, in the Falklands War,{{cite web|url=http://fsn.typepad.com/blog/2012/04/listen-remembering-the-falklands-war-30-years-on.html |title=Remembering the Falklands War - 30 years on |access-date=16 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083349/http://fsn.typepad.com/blog/2012/04/listen-remembering-the-falklands-war-30-years-on.html |archive-date=19 August 2014 }} he became Commanding Officer of HMS Andromeda and Commander of the 8th Frigate Squadron in September 1985, Director of the Maritime Tactical School in May 1987 and Chief Naval Signal Officer in April 1989.{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf |title=Senior Royal Navy Appointments |access-date=16 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315105247/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf |archive-date=15 March 2012 }} He went on to be Director of Naval Warfare in 1990 and Commander British Forces Gibraltar in April 1992.
In retirement he became Chairman of the Trustees of the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel.{{cite web|url=http://www.falklands-chapel.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/news-2012-a.pdf|title=Chairman's Letter|publisher=Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel Newsletter|date=2012|accessdate=16 August 2014}}
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Category:Royal Navy rear admirals
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath