David Clutterbuck
title: "David Clutterbuck" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1913-births", "2008-deaths", "knights-commander-of-the-order-of-the-british-empire", "companions-of-the-order-of-the-bath", "royal-navy-vice-admirals", "royal-navy-officers-of-world-war-ii"] topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Clutterbuck" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| honorific_prefix | Vice-Admiral |
| name | Sir David Clutterbuck |
| honorific_suffix | |
| birth_date | 25 January 1913 |
| death_date | 13 December 2008 (aged 95) |
| allegiance | United Kingdom United Kingdom |
| serviceyears | 1929–1968 |
| rank | Vice-Admiral |
| branch | |
| commands |
| | battles | World War II | | awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath | ::
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|unit= |battles= World War II |awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath |laterwork= Vice-Admiral Sir David Granville Clutterbuck (25 January 1913 – 13 December 2008) was a Royal Navy officer who became NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1966.
Naval career
Educated at , Clutterbuck joined the Royal Navy in 1929. He served in World War II on the cruiser , seeing action in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea; escorting several Malta relief convoys, landing (and then evacuating) Allied troops from Greece, and being present at the Battle of Cape Matapan. His next ship was the heavy cruiser taking part in the invasion of Sicily. After the war he commanded the destroyers and . He was appointed naval attaché in Bonn in 1954, Captain of the cruiser in 1960 and Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet in 1963. He went on to be Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1966 and retired in 1968.
Civilian life
After retiring from military life, Sir David Clutterbuck became the first Director General of the Association of MBAs in 1969 (which carried the name Business Graduates Association until 1987).
Family
In 1937 he married Rose Mere Vaile; they had two daughters.
References
References
- Debrett's People of Today 1994
- (16 January 2009). "Obituary: Vice Admiral Sir David Clutterbuck". The Times.
- (January 2007). "Association of MBAs fabulous at forty". Ambition.
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