Charles Evans (Royal Navy officer)

Sir Charles Evans
Born (1908-08-02)2 August 1908
Died 27 December 1981(1981-12-27) (aged 73)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service c.1922–1962
Rank Vice Admiral
Commands held Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth
806 Naval Air Squadron
Battles/wars Second World War
Korean War
Awards Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Distinguished Service Cross
Mentioned in Despatches

Vice Admiral Sir Charles Leo Glandore Evans, KCB, CBE, DSO, DSC (2 August 1908 – 27 December 1981) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic from 1960 until his retirement in 1962.

Evans initially joined the Royal Navy and was given a temporary commission as a flying officer in the Royal Air Force in 1931.[1]

Evans served in the Second World War as Commanding Officer of 806 Naval Air Squadron based at HMS Sparrowhawk carrying out bombing attacks on targets around Bergen in Norway in May 1940 and providing cover for the Dunkirk evacuation the following month.[2] He continued his war service with HMS Formidable in the Mediterranean, becoming Commander of Flying on that aircraft carrier in the Pacific in 1945.[3]

Evans was appointed Director of the Naval Air Division in 1950, Commander of the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth in 1954 and Flag Officer, Flying Training in 1956.[4] He went on to be Flag Officer, Aircraft Carriers in 1959 and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1960 before retiring in 1962.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 33684". The London Gazette. 27 January 1931. p. 607.
  2. ↑ 806 Naval Air Squadron Fleet Air Arm Archive
  3. ↑ Commanding Officers Fleet Air Arm Archive
  4. 1 2 Senior Royal Navy appointments Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Wilfrid Woods		 Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic
1960–1962		 Succeeded by
Sir Richard Smeeton
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