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Admiral of the Fleet Peter John Hill-Norton, Baron Hill-Norton, GCB (8 February 1915 – 16 May 2004) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Second World War as gunnery officer in a cruiser operating on the Western Approaches and in the North Sea taking part in the Norwegian Campaign, then in a cruiser taking part in the Arctic convoys and finally in a battleship operating in the Eastern Fleet. After the War he commanded a destroyer and then an aircraft carrier. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff and then Chief of the Defence Staff in early 1970s. In the latter role he gave the final commitment to Project Chevaline, the Polaris missile improvement programme. He went on to be Chairman of the NATO Military Committee.

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  • Peter John Hill-Norton, Baron Hill-Norton GCB (* 8. Februar 1915 in Germiston, Südafrika; † 16. Mai 2004 in Studland, Dorset) war ein britischer Flottenadmiral (Admiral of the Fleet) der Royal Navy, der Erster Seelord und Chef des Marinestabes (First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff), Chef des Verteidigungsstabes (Chief of the Defence Staff) sowie Vorsitzender des NATO-Militärausschusses war und 1979 als Life Peer aufgrund des Life Peerages Act 1958 Mitglied des House of Lords wurde. (de)
  • Admiral of the Fleet Peter John Hill-Norton, Baron Hill-Norton, GCB (8 February 1915 – 16 May 2004) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Second World War as gunnery officer in a cruiser operating on the Western Approaches and in the North Sea taking part in the Norwegian Campaign, then in a cruiser taking part in the Arctic convoys and finally in a battleship operating in the Eastern Fleet. After the War he commanded a destroyer and then an aircraft carrier. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff and then Chief of the Defence Staff in early 1970s. In the latter role he gave the final commitment to Project Chevaline, the Polaris missile improvement programme. He went on to be Chairman of the NATO Military Committee. (en)
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  • Germiston, Transvaal Province, South Africa (en)
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  • Hill-Norton in July 1974 (en)
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  • Out of a naval crown Or on a mount vert a springbok trippant Proper. (en)
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  • Studland Bay, Dorset, England (en)
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  • On a bend Gules between in chief a terrestrial sphere Proper and in base three cannon balls Sable within an annulet Azure four anchors Or. (en)
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  • The Lord Hill-Norton (en)
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  • Peter John Hill-Norton, Baron Hill-Norton GCB (* 8. Februar 1915 in Germiston, Südafrika; † 16. Mai 2004 in Studland, Dorset) war ein britischer Flottenadmiral (Admiral of the Fleet) der Royal Navy, der Erster Seelord und Chef des Marinestabes (First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff), Chef des Verteidigungsstabes (Chief of the Defence Staff) sowie Vorsitzender des NATO-Militärausschusses war und 1979 als Life Peer aufgrund des Life Peerages Act 1958 Mitglied des House of Lords wurde. (de)
  • Admiral of the Fleet Peter John Hill-Norton, Baron Hill-Norton, GCB (8 February 1915 – 16 May 2004) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Second World War as gunnery officer in a cruiser operating on the Western Approaches and in the North Sea taking part in the Norwegian Campaign, then in a cruiser taking part in the Arctic convoys and finally in a battleship operating in the Eastern Fleet. After the War he commanded a destroyer and then an aircraft carrier. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff and then Chief of the Defence Staff in early 1970s. In the latter role he gave the final commitment to Project Chevaline, the Polaris missile improvement programme. He went on to be Chairman of the NATO Military Committee. (en)
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