Cameron Rusby

Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Rusby joined the Royal Navy in February 1945.^[1] He served in the closing stages of World War II before being given command of the frigate HMS Ulster in 1958.^[2][3] He became Executive Officer on HMY Britannia in 1962, Deputy Director of Naval Signals in 1965 and Commanding Officer of the frigate HMS Tartar in 1969.^[2] He went on to be Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff (Plans and Policy) to the Supreme Allied Commander-in-Chief Southern Europe in 1969, Senior Naval Officer West Indies in 1972^[4] and Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations) in 1974.^[2] His last appointments were as Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland in 1977 and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic in 1980 before retiring in 1982.^[2] He died on 6 September 2013.^[5][6]

In 1948 he married Marion Bell, with whom he had two daughters.^[2]