Summary
Vice Admiral John Percival Scatchard, CB, DSC & Two Bars (5 September 1910 – 22 June 2001) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. He served for a time as Flag Officer Second-in-Command of the Far East Fleet.
Jack Scatchard | |
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| Born | 5 September 1910 Tadcaster, West Riding of Yorkshire |
| Died | 22 June 2001 (aged 90) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1923–1964 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands held | Joint Service Defence College 5th Destroyer Squadron HMS Termagant HMS Garth |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Cross & Two Bars Mentioned in Despatches |
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Educated at Aysgarth School in Yorkshire and the Royal Naval College Dartmouth, Scatchard joined the Royal Navy in 1923.[1] He fought in the Second World War, initially as First Lieutenant in the destroyer HMS Kashmir until it was bombed and sunk on 23 May 1941.[1] He went on to command the destroyer HMS Garth and then, from late in 1943, the destroyer HMS Termagant.[1] He served with distinction and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross & two Bars.[1]
After the war, Scatchard became Executive Officer of RNAS Easthaven and was then appointed First Lieutenant of the battleship HMS Vanguard in September 1946.[1] He went on to serve in the Plans Division of the Admiralty, as Captain (D) Portsmouth and as then as Chief Officer (Administration) to the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.[1] After attending the Imperial Defence College, he was appointed Captain 5th Destroyer Squadron in 1957.[1] He became Director of Naval Equipment at the Admiralty in 1958 and Commandant of the Joint Service Defence College in 1960.[1] He went on to be Flag Officer Second-in-Command of the Far East Fleet in 1962, was promoted to vice admiral on 14 August 1963,[2] and retired in 1964.[1]
Family edit
In 1943 Scatchard married Margaret Niven: they had one daughter.[3]