James Eberle

Admiral Sir James Eberle
Born	(1927-05-31)31 May 1927
Died	17 May 2018(2018-05-17) (aged 90)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1941–1982
Rank	Admiral
Commands	Fleet Naval Home Command
Battles / wars	Second World War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

Admiral Sir James Henry Fuller Eberle, GCB (31 May 1927 – 17 May 2018) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy who served as Commander-in-Chief Fleet from 1979 until 1981.

Naval career

Educated at Clifton College and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth,[1][2] Eberle was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1941.[3] He served in the Second World War.[3]

Eberle was promoted to rear admiral in 1971 and was appointed Assistant Chief of Fleet Support the following year.[3] He became Flag Officer Sea Training in 1974, Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers and Amphibious Ships in 1975 and Chief of Fleet Support in 1977.[3] He was promoted to vice admiral on 25 January 1977,[4] and to full admiral on 4 May 1979 as he was appointed Commander-in-Chief Fleet.[5] He then became Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command in 1981, and retired in 1982.[3]

Later life

In retirement Eberle became Director of the Royal Institute for International Affairs.[3] He was also Rear Admiral and then Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom and became Master of the Britannia Beagles hunt.[1]

Personal life

In 1950 Eberle married Ann Patricia Thompson; they went on to have one son, Peter, and two daughters, Susan and Sarah.[3] Eberle died in May 2018 at the age of 90.[6]

References

1. "Merchant Venturers". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
2. "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. ref no 11080: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
3. Debrett's People of Today 1994
4. "No. 47137". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 January 1977. p. 1421.
5. "No. 47835". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 May 1979. p. 5976.
6. "Admiral Sir James Eberle – obituary". The Telegraph. London. 20 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

Sources

• Eberle, James From Greenland's Icy Shore, Roundtuit Publishing, 2007; ISBN 978-1-904499-15-2

Military offices
Preceded by John Roberts	Flag Officer Sea Training 1974–1975	Succeeded by John Gerard-Pearse
Preceded by Sir Peter White	Chief of Fleet Support 1977–1979	Succeeded by Sir William Pillar
Preceded by Sir Henry Leach	Commander-in-Chief Fleet 1979–1981	Succeeded by Sir John Fieldhouse
Preceded by Sir Richard Clayton	Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command 1981–1983	Succeeded by Sir Desmond Cassidi
Honorary titles
Preceded by Sir Anthony Morton	Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom 1988–1994	Succeeded by Sir Nicholas Hunt
	Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom 1994–1997