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Terence Lewin

The Lord Lewin
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Admiral Sir Terence Lewin
Born (1920-11-19)19 November 1920
Dover, Kent
Died 23 January 1999(1999-01-23) (aged 78)
Ufford, Suffolk
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service 1939–1982
Rank Admiral of the Fleet
Commands held Chief of the Defence Staff
First Sea Lord
Naval Home Command
Commander-in-Chief Fleet
HMS Hermes
HMS Tenby
HMS Urchin
HM Yacht Britannia
HMS Corunna
Battles/wars Second World War
Falklands War
Awards Knight of the Order of the Garter
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order
Distinguished Service Cross
Mentioned in Despatches (3)

Admiral of the Fleet Terence Thornton Lewin, Baron Lewin, KG, GCB, LVO, DSC (19 November 1920 – 23 January 1999) was a Royal Navy officer. He served in the Second World War and then commanded a destroyer, the Royal yacht, two frigates and an aircraft carrier before achieving higher command. He was First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in the late 1970s and in that role he worked hard to secure a decent wage for servicemen and helped win them a 32% pay rise. He went on to be Chief of the Defence Staff during the Falklands War, serving as chief war planner and as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's chief advisor during the war. He was also the first Chief of Defence Staff to act as head of the Armed Forces rather than just Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee.

Born the son of Eric Lewin and Maggie Lewin (née Falconer) and educated at The Judd School in Tonbridge, where he was head prefect in 1938, Lewin joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1939. He was initially posted to the training ship HMS Vindictive but when the Second World War broke out in September 1939 he transferred to the cruiser HMS Belfast and then two months later to the battleship HMS Valiant.


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