Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Barnard KCB, CBE, DSO & Bar (12 November 1902 – 19 December 1974) was a Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff.

Barnard joined the Royal Navy in 1916 during the First World War, and subsequently specialised in Gunnery.

[1] He served in the Second World War as Fleet Gunnery Officer and Deputy Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet, earning the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) at the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941,[2] and seeing action at the landings in North Africa in 1942.

[1] He took command of the cruiser HMS Aurora in 1944,[1] and was awarded a Bar to his DSO during Operation Dragoon in 1945.

[1] His last role was as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in 1956 before retiring in 1959.