Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce

Admiral na Rundunar Sojoji **Michael Cecil Boyce, Baron Boyce** (2 Afrilu 1943 - 6 Nuwamba 2022) jami'in Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa ta Burtaniya ne wanda shi ma ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na Majalisar Sarakuna har zuwa mutuwarsa a watan Nuwamba 2022.

Boyce ya jagoranci jiragen ruwa guda uku sannan kuma jirgin ruwa mai saukar ungulu kafin ya sami babban iko a rundunar sojin ruwa kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Teku na Farko da Babban Hafsan Sojojin Ruwa daga 1998 zuwa 2001 sannan kuma a matsayin Babban Hafsan Sojojin Ruwa daga 2001 zuwa 2003. A matsayinsa na Babban Hafsan Tsaro, ana kyautata zaton yana da damuwa game da shirin Amurka na tsarin tsaron makamai masu linzami na kasa . A farkon 2003, ya shawarci gwamnatin Burtaniya kan tura sojoji don mamaye Iraki, yana neman tabbacin sahihancin tura jiragen kafin a bar su su ci gaba.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Michael Cecil Boyce, ɗan fari ga Kwamanda Hugh Boyce DSC da matarsa Afrikaner, Madeline (née Manley), a Cape Town a ranar 2 ga Afrilu, 1943.  'Yan'uwansa biyu su ne Philip Boyce, farfesa a fannin tabin hankali a Ostiraliya, da Graham Boyce, jami'in diflomasiyya. 

## Aikin sojan ruwa

Boyce ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Hurstpierpoint da Kwalejin Royal Naval, Dartmouth .  Ya shiga Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Royal a matsayin kadet a shekarar 1961, kuma bayan ya sami horo a matsayin mai aikin jirgin ruwa,  an tabbatar da shi a matsayin mataimakin laftanar a ranar 10 ga Disamba, 1965,  an kara masa matsayi zuwa laftanar a ranar 30 ga Agusta, 1966,  kuma ya yi aiki a rundunar sojojin ruwa ,  da  .  Ya kammala Kwas ɗin Umarnin Jirgin Ruwa na Submarine a shekarar 1973,  ya zama babban jami'in  na jirgin ruwa na ƙarƙashin ruwa a wannan shekarar kuma, bayan an ɗaukaka shi zuwa Laftanar Kwamanda a ranar 8 ga Janairu 1974,  aka ba shi jagorancin  na ƙarƙashin ruwa daga baya a wannan shekarar. 

An ƙara masa matsayi zuwa kwamanda a ranar 30 ga Yuni 1976,  Boyce ya zama babban jami'in  na jirgin ruwa mai saukar ungulu a shekarar 1979.  An tura shi zuwa Daraktan Shirye-shiryen Sojojin Ruwa a Ma'aikatar Tsaro a shekarar 1981 kuma an naɗa shi Jami'in Umarni na Daular Burtaniya (OBE) a bikin tunawa da ranar haihuwa ta 1982,   kafin a ɗaukaka shi zuwa kyaftin a ranar 30 ga Yuni 1982.  An ba shi kwamandan  na jirgin ruwa mai saukar ungulu a watan Janairun 1983, kuma ya koma Ma'aikatar Tsaro a matsayin kyaftin, Horar da Jirgin Ruwa na Submarine a shekarar 1984.  Ya halarci Kwalejin Nazarin Tsaro ta Royal a shekarar 1988 sannan ya zama Babban Jami'in Sojan Ruwa a Gabas ta Tsakiya a shekarar 1989.  Ya ci gaba da zama Daraktan Ayyukan Hafsoshin Sojan Ruwa a Ma'aikatar Tsaro a watan Agustan 1989. Bayan an ƙara masa girma zuwa Rear Admiral, ya zama Babban Jami'in Sojan Ruwa a watan Yulin 1991.  Ya zama Babban Jami'in Tuta, Surface Flotilla da kuma Kwamandan NATO na Rundunar Yaƙi da Yaƙi da Jirgin Ruwa a watan Nuwamban 1992.  

An ƙara masa matsayi zuwa mataimakin Admiral a watan Fabrairun 1994,  An naɗa Boyce a matsayin Kwamandan Knight na Order of the Bath a cikin lambar yabo ta Sabuwar Shekara ta 1995.  An ƙara masa matsayi zuwa cikakken Admiral a ranar 25 ga Mayu 1995, bayan naɗa shi a matsayin Babban Kwamandan Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Biyu kuma Babban Kwamandan Rundunar Sojan Ruwa,  kuma ya zama Babban Kwamandan Rundunar Sojan Ruwa da kuma Babban Kwamandan Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta NATO a Gabashin Tekun Atlantika da kuma Kwamandan Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta NATO a Arewa maso Yammacin Turai a watan Satumbar 1997. 

Boyce ya zama Shugaban Ruwa na Farko kuma Babban Hafsan Sojojin Ruwa a watan Oktoban 1998, kuma an ba shi ci gaba zuwa Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath a bikin tunawa da ranar haihuwa ta 1999.  An nada shi Babban Hafsan Tsaro a watan Fabrairun 2001,  kuma a wannan matsayin ana kyautata zaton yana da damuwa game da shirin Amurka na tsarin tsaron makamai masu linzami na ƙasa .  A farkon 2003, ya shawarci Gwamnatin Burtaniya kan tura sojoji don mamaye Iraki, yana neman tabbacin sahihancin tura sojoji kafin a bar shi ya ci gaba.  An nada shi Knight of Justice of the Most Valorable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem a ranar 27 ga Nuwamba 2002,  kuma ya yi ritaya a matsayin Babban Hafsan Tsaro a ranar 7 ga Nuwamba 2003. 

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