Simon Moore (Royal Navy officer)

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Rear Admiral Simon Moore CB (born 25 September 1946) is a retired Royal Navy officer and a former 'Assistant Chief of Defence Staff for Operations'. He was educated at Brentwood School in Essex. [1]

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References

  1. ↑ ‘MOORE, Rear-Adm. Simon’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  2. ↑ "ISI Report".
  3. ↑ "Marine Volunteer Service".
  4. ↑ "Register Home Page".
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