Peter Dingemans

Educated at Brighton College,^[2] Dingemans joined the Royal Navy in 1953^[3] serving on HMS Vanguard^[1] the last British battleship before being promoted to lieutenant in 1958.^[4] In 1967 he took command of the minesweeper HMS Maxton.^[3] After being promoted to commander^[5] in 1971 he became Commanding Officer of the frigates HMS Berwick and then HMS Lowestoft.^[3] Dingemans was promoted to captain in 1976,^[6] and led the Fishery Protection Squadron.

In 1980 he took command of HMS Intrepid^[3] which was saved from defence cuts to take a key role ^[7] in the Falklands War and especially the landings at San Carlos Water. For this he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.^[8] He then was appointed Commodore, Amphibious Warfare. In 1985 he was promoted to Rear-admiral^[9] and served as Flag Officer Gibraltar and then Chief of staff to the Commander-in-Chief Fleet.^[3] He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath^[10] shortly before retiring in 1990. In retirement he spent 10 years with Slaughter & May^[2] and wrote a memoir 'My Incredible Journey - From Cadet to Command'.^[11]