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John Dunt

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Vice Admiral Sir John Hugh Dunt KCB (born 14 August 1944) is a former Royal Navy officer who ended his naval career as Chief of Fleet Support.

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Educated at Duke of York School in Nairobi, Dunt joined the Royal Navy as a cadet at the Britannia Royal Naval College in 1963.[1] He was given command of the maintenance base HMS Defiance in 1989.[1] He became Director of Defence Systems at the Ministry of Defence in 1991, Director General of Fleet Support (Operations & Plans) in 1993 and Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Systems) in 1995.[1] He went on to be Chief of Fleet Support in 1997 before he retired in 2000.[1]

In retirement he became Chairman of the Armed Forces Memorial Trust, the body responsible for building and managing the Armed Forces Memorial in Staffordshire[2][3] and chairman of the board of governors for The Royal Star and Garter Homes, a charity offering nursing and therapeutic care to ex-Service men and women.[4] He lives in Liss in Hampshire.[5]

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    Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-408-11414-8
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    Children begin construction of Armed Services Memorial Defence News, 7 August 2006
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    Foundation stone laid for the Armed Forces Memorial Archived 13 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine Defence News, 24 January 2007
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    Facts & Figures Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine The Royal Star and Garter Homes
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    Remembering the fallen in Cyprus Daily Telegraph, 22 April 2009
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