John Eccles (Royal Navy officer)

Admiral Sir John Arthur Symons Eccles GCB KCVO CBE (1898–1966) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet.

Naval career
Eccles joined the Royal Navy in 1916 during World War I. He also served in World War II as Captain of HMS Durban on the China Station.

He then became Commander of the Royal Navy Barracks at Chatham in 1948. He was appointed Flag Officer commanding the Australian Fleet in 1949 and Admiral commanding the Reserves in 1952. He went on to be Flag Officer Air (Home) in 1953 and Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet and NATO Allied Commander-in-Chief Eastern Fleet in 1955 before retiring in 1958.