{{Short description|Royal Navy admiral (1927–2016)}} {{For|the American chemist|Robert R. Squires}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = Vice-Admiral |name = Robert Squires |honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DL}} |birth_date= 11 February 1927 |death_date= {{death date and age|2016|6|30|1927|2|11|df=y}} |birth_place= |death_place= |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom |service_years= |rank= Vice-Admiral |commands=HMS ''Hermione''<br>HMS ''Bristol''<br>8th Frigate Squadron<br>First Flotilla<br>Submarines<br>Scotland and Northern Ireland |branch=23px Royal Navy |unit= |battles= |awards= |other_work= }} Vice-Admiral '''Robert Risley Squires''' DL (11 February 1927 – 30 June 2016) was a Royal Navy officer who became Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
==Naval career== Squires joined the Royal Navy as a sub-lieutenant in 1946.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=38335|supp=y|page=3724|date=25 June 1948}}</ref> He was given command of the frigate HMS ''Hermione'' in 1971 and of the destroyer HMS ''Bristol'' in 1975.<ref>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIPS.pdf Captains of Royal Navy Warships] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714184102/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/ROYAL%20NAVY%20WARSHIPS.pdf |date=14 July 2015 }}</ref> He went on to be Commanding Officer of the frigate HMS ''Ajax'' as well as Captain of the 8th Frigate Squadron in 1976, Flag Officer First Flotilla in 1977 and Flag Officer Submarines in 1978.<ref name=appoints>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf Listing compiled by historian Colin Mackie] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315105247/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf |date=15 March 2012 }}</ref> Promoted to vice admiral on 2 May 1980,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=48187|supp=y|page=7285|date=19 May 1980}}</ref> he became Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland in 1982 before retiring in 1983.<ref name=appoints/>
He lived at Seaview, Isle of Wight, and became Deputy Lieutenant of the Isle of Wight.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=50247|page=12219|date=5 September 1985}}</ref> He died on 30 June 2016 at the age of 89.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2016/08/04/vice-admiral-robert-tubby-squires--obituary/?utm_ |title=Obituary: Vice Admiral Robert 'Tubby' Squires|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=4 August 2016|accessdate=4 August 2016|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==Family== He was married to Sue.<ref>[http://www.rnsubs.co.uk/Boats/BoatDB2/index.php?BoatID=696 HMS Tireless] Barrow Submariners Association</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=John Fieldhouse}} {{s-ttl|title=Flag Officer Submarines|years=1978–1981}} {{s-aft|after=Sir Peter Herbert}} |- {{succession box|title=Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland|before=Sir Thomas Baird|after=Sir Nicholas Hunt|years=1982–1983}} {{end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Squires, Robert}} Category:1927 births Category:2016 deaths Category:Royal Navy vice admirals Category:Deputy lieutenants of the Isle of Wight