Rear Admiral Alexander Kirkwood Backus, CB, OBE (born 1 April 1948) is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Flag Officer Sea Training from 1999 to 2001.
Educated at Sevenoaks School and Britannia Royal Naval College, Backus joined the Royal Navy in 1966.
[1] He went on to be Commander, British Forces in the Falkland Islands in 1995, Assistant Chief of Staff (Policy) to the Commander-in-Chief Fleet in 1996 and Flag Officer Sea Training in September 1999.
[2] After that he became Flag Officer, Surface Flotilla in November 2001 and Chief of Staff (Warfare) to the Commander-in-Chief Fleet in February 2002 before retiring in June 2003.
[2] Backus was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1989 Birthday Honours,[3] and a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 2003 Birthday Honours.