Vice-Admiral Sir Edwin John Horlick KBE FREng FIMechE (28 September 1925 – 12 November 2021) was a British Royal Navy officer who served as Director-General of British Ships from 1979 to 1983, and as Chief Naval Engineer Officer from 1981 to 1983.[1]
Sir Edwin John Horlick | |
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| Born | 28 September 1925 |
| Died | 12 November 2021 (aged 96) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  Royal Navy |
| Rank | Vice-Admiral |
| Awards | KBE |
Career
editEdwin John Horlick was born on 28 September 1925.[2] He was educated at Bedford Modern School.[2]
Horlick joined the Royal Navy in 1943.[2] He was Squadron Engineering Officer in the 2nd Frigate Squadron (1960–63) before joining the Ship Department at the Ministry of Defence (1963–66).[2]
Horlick was First Assistant to the Chief Engineer at HM Dockyard, Singapore between 1966 and 1968 and Assistant Director of Submarines between 1969 and 1972.[2] He completed the Senior Officer’s War Course in 1973 and thereafter was Fleet Marine Engineering Officer, Staff of Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet between 1973 and 1975.[2]
Horlick attended the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1976 and was later made Director of the Project Team for Submarine/Polaris between 1977 and 1979.[2] Promoted to vice-admiral on 27 September 1979,[3] he was Director General of Ships between 1979 and 1983.[2] In 1982 Sir Ted delivered a paper on Submarine Propulsion in the Royal Navy at the fifty-fourth Thomas Lowe Gray Lecture delivered to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in London on 26 January 1982.[4]
Horlick was Chief Naval Engineer Officer between 1981 and 1983.[2] He was invested KBE in 1981.[5]
Personal life
editHorlick married Jean Margaret Covington who predeceased him; they had four sons.[2] He died on 12 November 2021, at the age of 96.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Horlick, Vice-Adm. Sir Edwin John, (Sir Ted), (28 Sept. 1925–12 Nov. 2021), part-time consultant". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U20764. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Horlick, Vice-Adm. Sir Edwin John, (Sir Ted), (28 Sept. 1925–12 Nov. 2021), part-time consultant". HORLICK, Edwin John (born 1925), part-time consultant. December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U20764. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "No. 47996". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 November 1979. p. 13889.
- ^ Brown, D. K.; Moore, George (30 July 2012). Rebuilding the Royal Navy. Seaforth. ISBN 9781848321502. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
- ^ "Supplement to The London Gazette, 13 June 1981" (PDF).
- ^ "HORLICK - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". announcements.telegraph.co.uk.