David Loram
Sir David Loram | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 July 1924 London, England |
| Died | 30 June 2011 (aged 86) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  Royal Navy |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands | National Defence College |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order |
Vice Admiral Sir David Anning Loram KCB CVO (24 July 1924 – 30 June 2011) was a Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic.
Naval career
Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Loram served in the Royal Navy during World War II[1] and was involved as a junior officer in Operation Tungsten, the action against the German battleship Tirpitz in April 1944.[2] He was also the officer who fired the torpedo which in 1942 sank the cruiser HMS Edinburgh, the Royal Navy ship carrying five tons of Russian gold.[3] He was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General of New Zealand in 1946 and Equerry to the Queen in 1954.[1] He went on to be Flag Officer, Malta in 1973, Commandant of the National Defence College in 1975 and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1977 before retiring in 1980.[1]
In retirement he became a Gentleman Usher to the Queen.[1]
Family
In 1958 he married Fiona Beloe; they had three sons.[1] Following the dissolution of his first marriage he married Diana Keigwin.[1] That marriage was also subsequently dissolved and he married third Sara Stead-Ellis, who survives him.[1]