Neville Purvis
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{{Infobox military person
| name = Sir Neville Purvis
| birth_date = 8 May 1936
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| allegiance = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
| serviceyears = 1953–1994
| rank = Vice Admiral
| branch = 23px Royal Navy
| commands = Director-General, Future Material Projects
Director-General, Naval Manpower and Training
Chief of Fleet Support
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| awards = Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
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Vice Admiral Sir Neville Purvis KCB (born 8 May 1936) is a former Royal Navy officer who ended his career as Chief of Fleet Support.
Naval career
Educated at Charterhouse School, Selwyn College, Cambridge, and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Purvis joined the Royal Navy in 1953 and specialized as a submariner.[http://www.burkespeerage.com/familyhomepage.aspx?FID=0&FN=PURVISNEVILLE Burke's Peerage] Promoted to rear admiral, he was appointed Director-General, Future Material Projects in 1987Whitaker's Almanack 1988 and Director-General, Naval Manpower and Training in 1988Whitaker's Almanack 1989 and then, having been promoted to vice admiral, he served as Chief of Fleet Support from 1991 until his retirement in 1994.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/service-appointments-1512501.html Service Appointments]
In retirement he became Director General of the British Standards Institution (BSI) and thereafter Chief Executive of the British Safety Council[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/birthdays-1160732.html Birthdays] The Independent, 8 May 1998 and, more recently, a Trustee of the Wellington Trust, a charity formed to preserve the sloop HMS Wellington.[http://www.hcmm.org.uk/attachments/138_HCMM%20Journal%202009%20-%201.pdf The Journal of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners and The Wellinton Trust] Issue 1/2009, Volume XXII, No. 1 He lives at Bramley in Surrey.
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| title = Chief of Fleet Support
| before = Sir Jock Slater
| after = Sir Toby Frere
| years = 1991–1994
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