David Loram

Sir David Loram
Born	24 July 1924
Died	June 30, 2011(2011-06-30) (aged 87)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Vice Admiral
Commands held	National Defence College
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

Vice Admiral Sir David Anning Loram KCB CVO (24 July 1924 – 30 June 2011) was a Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic.

Naval career

Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Loram served in the Royal Navy during World War II^[1] and was involved as a junior officer in Operation Tungsten, the action against the German battleship Tirpitz in April 1944.^[2] He was also the officer who fired the torpedo which in 1942 sank the cruiser HMS Edinburgh, the Royal Navy ship carrying five tons of Russian gold.^[3] He was appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Governor-General of New Zealand in 1946 and Equerry to the Queen in 1954.^[1] He went on to be Flag Officer Malta in 1973, Commandant of the National Defence College in 1975 and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1977 before retiring in 1980.^[1]

In retirement he became a Gentleman Usher to the Queen.^[1]

Family

In 1958 he married Fiona Beloe; they had three sons.^[1] Following the dissolution of his first marriage he married Diana Keigwin.^[1] That marriage was also subsequently dissolved and he married third Sara Stead-Ellis, who survives him.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Debrett's People of Today 1994
2. ^ Naval covers
3. ^ Obituary of Vice-Admiral Sir David Loram The Daily Telegraph, 11 August 2011

Military offices
Preceded by Sir James Jungius	Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic 1977–1980	Succeeded by Sir Cameron Rusby

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Name	Loram, David
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Date of birth	24 July 1924
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Date of death	30 June 2011
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