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Oct 01, 1908 Kensington, England, United Kingdom Died on 13 Jul 1995 (aged 86)
Royal Navy admiral of the fleet
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About Varyl Begg
- Admiral of the Fleet Sir Varyl Cargill Begg (1 October 1908 – 13 July 1995) was a Royal Navy officer.
- He fought in the Second World War as gunnery officer in a cruiser taking part in the North Atlantic convoys, the Norwegian campaign and the occupation of Iceland and then as gunnery officer in a battleship operating in the Mediterranean Fleet during the Battle of Cape Matapan.
- After that he commanded a destroyer during the Korean War and was Commander-in-Chief of Far East Command during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation.
- He was First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in the late 1960s.
- In that role he vehemently opposed plans to introduce large new aircraft carriers and instead managed to persuade the British Government to develop the design for three small "through-deck cruisers".
