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Royal Navy officer

Iain Lower
Rear Admiral Lower in 2020
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1992–2022
RankRear Admiral
CommandsHMS Dragon
HMS Gloucester
Battles / warsWar in Afghanistan
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Rear Admiral Iain Stuart Lower, CB is a senior Royal Navy officer. He was Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy) 2020-2022.

Naval career

Lower joined the Royal Navy on 1 May 1992. He became commanding officer of the destroyer HMS Gloucester in 2009 and, in that capacity, was deployed to the South Atlantic. He went on to become commanding officer of the destroyer HMS Dragon in 2013, Head of Military Plans for Africa and the Americas in 2014, and the Chief of the Defence Staff's personal Liaison Officer to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C. in 2016. After that he became Director for Strategy, International Relations, Maritime Sector, Parliamentary & Academic Engagement in September 2017, and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy) from November 2020 until November 2022, when he retired.

Lower was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2022 Birthday Honours.

References

  1. "No. 53014". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 August 1992. p. 13561.
  2. "Service to bless HMS Gloucester". BBC. 23 May 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  3. "HMS Gloucester sets off for the South Atlantic". Merco Press. 12 June 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  4. "New Wildcat drops in on HMS Dragon". ADS Advance. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Rear Admiral Iain S. Lower MA". International Shipping Week. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  6. "Senior Royal Navy Appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  7. "No. 63191". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 December 2020. p. 20334.
  8. "No. 63914". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 2022. p. 24831.
  9. "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 2022. p. B2.
Military offices
Preceded byGwyn Jenkins Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Policy)
2020–2022 		Succeeded byAnthony Rimington


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