Admiral Sir Peter White, GBE (25 January 1919 – 22 May 2010) was a Royal Navy supply officer who ended his career as Chief of Fleet Support.
Educated at Dover College, White joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1937 and was then deployed to the China Station.
[1] He served in World War II seeing action off Norway and at the Dunkirk evacuation.
[1] He was mentioned in despatches for his role in maintaining the operations plot during the Battle of North Cape in 1943 and became the link person between the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet and the signals intelligence centre at Bletchley Park.
[2] Later in the War he served in the Far East and was present at the Japanese surrender ceremony in September 1945.