Bidspirit auction | Admiral of the Fleet Lord

Admiral of the Fleet Lord Hill-Norton and Sir Henry Leach Signed Signing of Atlantic Treaty April 4th 1949 FDC. Admiral of the Fleet Peter John Hill-Norton, Baron Hill-Norton (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, including the Norwegian Campaign. Subsequently he served on a cruiser covering the Arctic convoys and finally on a battleship in the Eastern Fleet. After the war he commanded a destroyer and then an aircraft carrier. Hill-Norton 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. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Conyers Leach, GCB, DL (18 November 1923 - 26 April 2011) was a Royal Navy officer who, as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff during the early 1980s, was instrumental in convincing the British prime minister Margaret Thatcher that retaking the Falkland Islands from Argentina was feasible. On account of the determination he showed in the matter, journalist and political commentator Andrew Marr described him as Thatcher's ”knight in shining gold braid”. Good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide.