Deric Holland-Martin

Admiral Sir Douglas Eric Holland-Martin, GCB, DSO, DSC & Bar, DL (10 April 1906 – 6 January 1977) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel from 1957 to 1959.

Educated at West Downs School,[1] Holland-Martin entered the Royal Naval College, Osborne, in 1920.

[3] He later played a first-class match for the Combined Services cricket team against the touring New Zealanders at Portsmouth in 1937.

[3] On the outbreak of the Second World War, Holland-Martin was executive officer of the destroyer HMS Tartar when his captain was taken ill and he was given the command.

[2] In retirement, Holland-Martin was appointed to the honorary post of Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom for a term and also served as a Deputy Lieutenant in Hereford and Worcester.