{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = Vice-Admiral |name = Sir Cameron Rusby |honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB|LVO}} |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1926|2|20|df=y}} |death_date = {{death date and age|2013|9|6|1926|2|20|df=y}} |birth_place = Valletta, Malta |death_place = Melrose, Scottish Borders |nickname = |allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}} |branch = {{navy|United Kingdom}} |service_years = 1945 - 1982 |rank = Vice-Admiral |unit = |commands = HMS ''Ulster''<br>HMS ''Tartar''<br>Senior Naval Officer West Indies<br>Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland |battles = World War II |awards = Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath<br>Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order |relations = }} Vice-Admiral '''Sir Cameron Rusby''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB|LVO}} (20 February 1926 – 6 September 2013) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic.
== Naval career == Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Rusby joined the Royal Navy in February 1945.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37480|page=1088|date=22 February 1946}}</ref> He served in the closing stages of World War II before being given command of the frigate HMS ''Ulster'' in 1958.<ref name=debrett>Debrett's People of Today 1994</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-59U-Ulster.htm |title=HMS Ulster |publisher=Naval-history.net |accessdate=2013-09-10}}</ref> 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.<ref name=debrett/> 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<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.caymancompass.com/2020/01/24/family-treasure-restored-to-owner/ |title=Family Treasure Returned to Owner|date=24 January 2020|newspaper=Cayman Compass|access-date=1 June 2021}}</ref> and Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations) in 1974.<ref name=debrett/> 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.<ref name=debrett/> He died on 6 September 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/167811/rusby |title=RUSBY - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements |publisher=Announcements.telegraph.co.uk |date=2013-09-06 |accessdate=2013-09-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-vice-admiral-sir-cameron-rusby-kcb-lvo-naval-officer-1-3087582 |title=Obituary: Vice Admiral Sir Cameron Rusby KCB |work=The Scotsman|date=2013-09-06 |accessdate=2013-09-13}}</ref>
== Family == In 1948 he married Marion Bell, with whom he had two daughters.<ref name=debrett/>
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{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{succession box|title=Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland|before=Sir Anthony Troup|after=Sir Thomas Baird|years=1977–1980}} |- {{succession box| title=Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic| before=Sir David Loram| after=Sir David Hallifax | years=1980–1982}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rusby, Cameron}} Category:1926 births Category:2013 deaths Category:Graduates of Britannia Royal Naval College Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Category:Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order Category:Royal Navy vice admirals Category:Royal Navy officers of World War II