Paul Halton
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|caption= Rear Admiral Halton in 2017
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= Royal Navy
|serviceyears= 1987–2023
|rank= Rear Admiral
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|battles= War in Afghanistan
|awards= Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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Rear Admiral Paul Vincent Halton, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100|OBE}} is a retired senior Royal Navy officer who served as Commander Operations from October 2017 to November 2019.
Naval career
Halton joined the Royal Navy in September 1987,{{London Gazette|issue=51284|page=3761|supp=y|date=28 March 1988}} and went on to serve as commanding officer of the submarine {{HMS|Spartan|S105|6}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.buteman.co.uk/news/spartan-comes-home-for-the-last-time-1-367221|title=Spartan comes home for the last time|date=24 February 2006|publisher=The Buteman|accessdate=21 November 2017}} He was promoted to captain on 11 January 2010.{{London Gazette |issue=59329 |date=9 February 2010 |page=2131 |supp= y }} After becoming Flag Officer Sea Training Director (North),{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/navynews/docs/201105/13|title=Deeps get WETT|publisher=Navy News|date=1 May 2011|accessdate=21 November 2017}} he was deployed as Deputy Director of operations in Afghanistan in 2012.{{cite book|last1=Jinks|first1=James|last2=Hennessy|first2=Peter|title=The Silent Deep: The Royal Navy Submarine Service Since 1945|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-0241959480|year=2016|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=miP3BgAAQBAJ&q=Paul+Halton+Navy&pg=PP47}} He was posted as in a senior staff officer role at the Ministry of Defence in June 2013 and then became Commodore, Devonport Flotilla in March 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2017/september/21/170921-new-commander-for-devonport-flotilla|title=New Commander for Devonport Flotilla|publisher=Royal Navy|date=21 September 2017}} He was appointed Commander Operations from October 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201865-.pdf|title=Senior Royal Navy appointments|accessdate=21 November 2017}}
On 17 September 2019, a Jane's report said that Rear Admiral Halton was to hand over the appointment of Commander Operations and to take up the post of Rear Admiral Submarines and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff, Submarines later in the year.{{cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/article/91343/dsei-2019-co-operation-needed-to-speed-up-uk-ssn-build|title= DSEI 2019: Co-operation needed to speed up UK SSN build|date=17 September 2019|accessdate=16 November 2019}} However, Halton assumed the post of Director, Submarine Readiness, Submarine Delivery Agency in January 2020.{{cite web |url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Admirals-Current.pdf |title=Admirals, January 2020 |last=Mackie |first=Colin |date=26 January 2020 |website=gulabin.com |publisher=Colin Mackie |access-date=27 January 2020 |quote=Rear-Admiral Paul V. Halton: Director, Submarine Readiness, Submarine Delivery Agency, January 2020 }}
He retired from the Royal Navy in March 2023.{{London Gazette |issue= 64040 |date=2 May 2023 | |page=8730 | |supp=y }}
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Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Royal Navy rear admirals
Category:Royal Navy personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)