Sir John Dunt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 14 August 1944 |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1963 - 2000 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands held | HMS Defiance |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Vice Admiral Sir John Hugh Dunt KCB (born 14 August 1944) is a former Royal Navy officer who ended his naval career as Chief of Fleet Support.
Educated at Duke of York School in Nairobi, Dunt joined the Royal Navy as a cadet at the Britannia Royal Naval College in 1963. [1] He was given command of the maintenance base HMS Defiance in 1989. [1] He became Director of Defence Systems at the Ministry of Defence in 1991, Director General of Fleet Support (Operations & Plans) in 1993 and Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Systems) in 1995. [1] He went on to be Chief of Fleet Support in 1997 before he retired in 2000. [1]
In retirement he became Chairman of the Armed Forces Memorial Trust, the body responsible for building and managing the Armed Forces Memorial in Staffordshire [2] [3] and chairman of the board of governors for The Royal Star and Garter Homes, a charity offering nursing and therapeutic care to ex-Service men and women. [4] He lives in Liss in Hampshire. [5]
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