serviceyears branch death_date allegiance awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1921 & ndash ; 1967 23px royal navy 27 december 1979 united kingdom united kingdom knight companion of the order of the bath commander of the order of the british empire world war ii cold war 19 november 1904 vice admiral norman denning
 sir norman denning
norman denning

vice admiral sir norman egbert denning kbe cb -lrb- 19 november 1904 -- 27 december 1979 -rrb- was a british royal naval and intelligence officer at the admirality and defence intelligence staff who served as director of naval planning from 1945 -- 1956 , director of naval intelligence from 1960 -- 1964 and deputy chief of the defence staff for intelligence from 1964 -- 1965 .
sir norman was a prominent and pioneering figure in naval and military intelligence and established a successful career during and after the second world war , holding many senior ranking staff positions .
