John Tolhurst

Rear Admiral John Gordon Tolhurst, CB (born 22 April 1943) is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland from 1996 to 1997.

John Tolhurst
Born	22 April 1943
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1961–1997
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands held	Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland HMS Invincible HM Naval Base, Portsmouth HMS Exeter HMS Berwick
Battles/wars	Falklands War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

Naval career

Tolhurst joined the Royal Navy in 1961.[1] His first command was the frigate HMS Berwick: after that he was appointed Commanding Officer of the destroyer HMS Exeter in 1984,[2] Commodore of HMS Nelson, the Naval Base at Portsmouth, in 1988,[3] and captain of the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible in 1990.[2] He went on to be Flag Officer Sea Training in 1992 and Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland in 1996 before retiring in 1997.[3]

On retiring from active service, Tolhurst became senior military officer at the Defence Export Services Organisation.[4] He subsequently set up his own defence and security consultancy business, specialising in exhibitions in those sectors. He is a Trustee of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.[1]

References

1. "Trustees: Rear-Admiral John Tolhurst". RNLI. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
2. Captains of Royal Navy Warships Archived 14 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
3. Listing compiled by historian Colin Mackie Archived 15 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
4. Defence Exhibition Raises Community Anger BBC, 11 September 2007