The Right Honourable Terence Thornton Lewin, Baron Lewin, KG, GCB, LVO, DSC (1920-1999) was an Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy. The Right Honourable (abbreviated The Rt Hon. ... A garter is one of the Orders most recognisable insignia. ... Military Badge of the Order of the Bath Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-04-11, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... The Distinguished Service Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the Royal Navy (United Kingdom), and formerly also to officers of the navies of other Commonwealth countries, for gallant or distinguished conduct during enemy actions. ... 1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Admiral of the Fleet is a supreme naval position that has existed in historical navies and still exists in several modern-day navies. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...

Having entered the Navy in 1939 he served with distinction being mentioned in dispatches three times and being awarded the DSC. Post war he rose rapidly through the ranks and was eventually appointed Chief of Naval Staff and First Sea Lord. He was Chief of the Defence Staff and member of the War Cabinet during the Falklands War and it was for this role that he was created a life peer, as Baron Lewin, of Greenwich in Greater London, and appointed a Knight of the Garter. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Distinguished Service Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the Royal Navy (United Kingdom), and formerly also to officers of the navies of other Commonwealth countries, for gallant or distinguished conduct during enemy actions. ... The First Sea Lord is the senior admiral and professional head of the British Royal Navy. ... The Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) is the professional head of the British Armed Forces. ... A War Cabinet is committee formed by a government in time of war. ... The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas), was a war between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands (also known in Spanish as the Islas Malvinas) and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, between March and June of 1982. ... In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). ... A garter is one of the Orders most recognisable insignia. ...