Ronald Forrest

Rear-Admiral Sir Ronald Stephen Forrest, KCVO (11 January 1923 - 25 March 2005) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Defence Services Secretary from 1972 to 1975.

Naval career
Educated at Belhaven Hill School and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Forrest joined the Royal Navy in 1940 and saw action during World War II. He became Director of Seaman Officer Appointments at the Ministry of Defence in 1968, Commanding Officer of the destroyer HMS London in 1970 and Defence Services Secretary in 1972 before retiring in 1975.

In retirement he became Commander of the St John Ambulance in Devon.

Family
In 1947 he married Patricia Russell; they had two sons and one daughter. Following the death of his first wife, he married June Perks (née Weaver). June died in 2012.