at , the Combined Training Headquarters at Largs, Ayrshire, where he served as Chief of Staff for Aircraft Carrier Training. Post-war flag officer Anstice was appointed Commanding Officer of Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent as a commodore (2nd class) on 30 October 1945. In November 1946 he was appointed Director of Naval Aviation Planning for the Royal Australian Navy, and in October 1947 as appointed to the newly created post of Fourth Member of the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board to advise the board on all matters related to naval aviation. Promoted on 10 July 1948 to rear admiral, he served as Flag Officer of the Training Squadron, then from 26 August 1949 as Flag Officer, Flying Training based at RNAS Donibristle, Fife (). He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1950 New Year Honours and, promoted to vice admiral on 15 September 1951, he served on the Board of Admiralty as Fifth Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (Air). Anstice was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 1953 Coronation Honours, and retired from the Navy on 16 September 1954. Personal life In 1928 Anstice married Lesley Ritchie of Sydney, Australia. They had two sons. He lived at Inverdunning House in Dunning in Perthshire. Anstice died on 30 August 1979. References 1899 births 1979 deaths Royal Navy officers of World War II Royal Navy vice admirals Lords of the Admiralty Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath People educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne Graduates of Britannia Royal Naval College