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Michael Kyrle-Pope R.I.P.

Rear-Admiral Michael Kyrle-Pope CB MBE DL, who was a Director of the Jerusalem & the East Mission Trust from 1978 to 1992, died on 14 September at the age of 91.

The son of a naval officer, Michael Kyrle-Pope was educated at Wellington College and entered the Royal Navy in 1934; he joined the Submarine Service in 1938. In World War II he was a prisonerof- war. His distinguished post-war career included an important post in the Middle East: from 1962 to 1964 he was SNOPG - Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf. In retirement he was General Manager of the Middle East Navigation Aids Service, Bahrain, from 1971 to 1977. From 1977 to 1980 he was Dean’s Administrator at St Alban’s Abbey. Michael’s wife Suzanne was the daughter of an admiral. In 1988 she wrote a highly entertaining book about being a naval daughter and wife called “The Same Wife in Every Port”. A thanksgiving service was held at St Peter’s Church, Tiverton.

Sir Harold Walker