Roger Ainsley


Roger Stewart Ainsley is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Flag Officer Sea Training.

Naval career

Ainsley became commanding officer of the destroyer HMS Exeter in 1988, commanding officer of the destroyer HMS Liverpool and commander of the 3rd Destroyer Squadron in July 1995 and Chief of Staff to the Commander, Surface Flotilla in 2000. He went on to be Commodore, Portsmouth Flotilla in March 2002 and Flag Officer Sea Training in April 2004 before retiring in June 2006.