Geoffrey Robson
Vice Admiral Sir William Geoffrey Arthur Robson, (10 March 1902 – 25 December 1989) was a Royal Navy officer whose last Service appointment was Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic. Naval career Educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Robson joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1915 during the First World War and served as a midshipman on the battleship . He commanded the destroyers from 1934 and from 1935. Robson also served during the Second World War, initially as Commander of the destroyer and then with combined operations from 1943 before commanding the 26th Destroyer Flotilla in 1944 and then Captain of Coastal Forces at The Nore in 1945. After the War he was given command of the cruiser and then, from 1948, of the Royal Navy Training Establishment HMS Ganges. Robson was appointed President of the Admiralty Interview Board in 1950, Flag Officer (Flotillas) for the Home Fleet in 1951 and then Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland in 1953. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic in 1956. He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1956. At Freetown in early 1957, wore Vice-Admiral Robson's