Question: Facts: - honorific prefix: sir - honorific suffix: kcb dso dsc - battles: world war ii - death date: 12 august 2007 - allegiance: united kingdom united kingdom - commands: hms '' fernie '' 4th submarine squadron 3rd submarine squadron royal '' naval college , greenwich ursula '' hms '' splendid '' hms - awards: mention in dispatches dso dsc cb - birth date: 26 march 1914 - serviceyears: 1931-1970 - name: ian lachlan mackay mcgeoch - branch: 23px royal navy - laterwork: mphil '' an affair of chances : a submariner 's odyssey , , 1939-44 '' and '' earl mountbatten , the princely editor sailor '' , member of the queen 's bodyguard for of scotland naval review , author of - image: ian mcgeoch.jpg - birth place: helensburgh , dunbartonshire - rank: vice-admiral Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ian mcgeoch .
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vice-admiral sir ian lachlan mackay mcgeoch kcb dso dsc -lrb- 26 march 1914 -- 12 august 2007 -rrb- was a commissioned officer in the royal navy of the united kingdom .he commanded the submarine hms '' splendid '' during the second world war , and was later flag officer submarines -lrb- fosm -rrb- and flag officer scotland and northern ireland -lrb- fosni -rrb- .