George Jones (Canadian admiral)

George Jones
Born 24 October 1895
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Died 8 February 1946
Ottawa, Ontario
Allegiance  Canada
Service/branch  Royal Canadian Navy
Years of service 1911-1946
Rank Vice-Admiral
Commands held HMCS Skeena
Canadian Flotilla
Halifax Force
Atlantic Coast
Royal Canadian Navy
Battles/wars First World War
Second World War
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath

Vice Admiral George Clarence Jones CB (24 October 1895 - 8 February 1946) was a Royal Canadian Navy officer who served as Chief of the Naval Staff from 1944 to 1946.

Career

Jones joined the Royal Canadian Navy in 1911 and saw action in various ships during the First World War.[1] He became Senior Naval Officer Halifax in 1929, Commanding Officer of the destroyer HMCS Skeena in 1932 and Senior Naval Officer Esquimalt in 1934.[1] He went on to be Director of Naval Operations and Training in 1936 and as Captain (D) Canadian Flotilla in 1938.[1]

He served in the Second World War as Commodore Commanding the Halifax Force from 1940, as Commanding Officer Atlantic Coast from later that year and as Chief of the Naval Staff from 1944 until dying in office in 1946.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jones, George Clarence The Nauticapedia
  2. Warrior Chiefs: Perspectives on Senior Canadian Military Leaders edited by Bernd Horn, Dundurn, 2012, p. 193
Military offices
Preceded by
Percy Nelles
Chief of the Naval Staff
1944-1946
Succeeded by
Howard Reid