Charles Mills (Royal Navy officer)

Sir Charles Mills
Born	4 October 1914 (1914-10-04)
Died	27 July 2006 (2006-07-28) (aged 91)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1932 - 1969
Rank	Vice-Admiral
Commands held	HMS Brazen HMS Concord HMS Daring Plymouth Command
Battles/wars	World War II Korean War Suez Crisis
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Cross

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Piercy Mills KCB CBE DSC (4 October 1914 – 27 July 2006) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Governor of Guernsey.

Naval career

Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Mills joined the Royal Navy in 1932.^[1]

He served in World War II and briefly commanded HMS Brazen in 1939.^[1] He worked at Western Approaches Command in Liverpool at the height of the Battle of the Atlantic.^[1] He went on to be a signals officer at Algiers before joining the planning staff for the Normandy landings.^[1] He then became a signals officer based in Ceylon.^[1]

He also fought in the Korean War as captain of the destroyer HMS Concord earning the DSC for his services.^[1] He was then made Second-in-Command of the signals school at Portsmouth, and then from 1956, he became Chief Staff Officer to the Flag Officer Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet.^[1] He was appointed CBE for services during the Suez Crisis.^[1] In 1959 he took command of the destroyer HMS Daring and the 2nd Destroyer Squadron and in 1963 he was made Director-General (Weapons).^[1]

He was appointed Flag Officer Second-in-Command, Far East Fleet in 1966 and the final Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth in 1967.^[1] He retired in 1969 and became Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey.^[1]

In retirement he ived at Aldeburgh in Suffolk.^[2]

Family

In 1944 he married Anne Cumberlege; they went on to have two daughters.^[1]

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