Stephen Hope Carlill
Vice-Admiral Sir Stephen Hope Carlill (23 December 1902 – 9 February 1996) was a Royal Navy admiral who served as the last British Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy from 1955 to 1958, when he was succeeded by Vice-Admiral Ram Dass Katari. Early life and career. Carlill was born in Orpington, Kent, the son of Harold Flamenk Carlill (1875–1959), a civil servant, and Beatrice Newton Hope (d. 1924). He was educated at the Royal Naval colleges at Osborne and Dartmouth, and was commissioned as an Acting Sub-Lieutenant in 1923. From 1923 to 1926  he served aboard HMS "Ramillies" and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1925. In 1927 he served aboard the minelayer HMS "Adventure". From 1928 to 1930, Carlill studied gunnery at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich and aboard HMS "Excellent" from 1929 to 1930. He served as 2nd Gunnery Officer on the cruiser in the Atlantic Fleet from 1930 to 1931. From 1932 to 1935, he served as gunnery officer on the cruiser HMS "Dunedin" and as squadron gunnery officer for the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy. Carlill was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander in 1933, and returned to Portsmouth from  1935 to 1936 to further study gunnery aboard HMS "Excellent". From 1936 to 1937, he served as a gunnery officer on the battlecruiser in the Mediterranean and was promoted to Commander in July 1937. He subsequently served as Squadron Gunnery Officer for the Mediterranean Fleet aboard the cruiser HMS "Galatea" until August 1939. During the Second World War, Carlill was successively given command of three ships: After World War II, Carlill served various ship and land roles: Post-naval career. Following his service in the Indian Navy, Carlill retired from the Royal Navy on 7 July 1959. He served as  representative in Ghana of the West Africa Committee from 1960 to 1966, and as adviser to the West Africa Committee from 1966 to 1967. Personal life. Carlill was married in 1928 to Julie Fredrike Elisabeth Hildegard (died 1991), only daughter of late Reverend W. Rahlenbeck of Westphalia. The Carlills had two sons; one, Admiral James Michael Rahlenbeck Carlill (1934–2010), also served in the Royal Navy. Carlill died at Colwall, Malvern, Worcestershire in 1996.