Archibald George Forman CBE (1910–1967) was a British naval officer who became the first Chief of Naval Staff of the Ghana Navy.His name is given as D. A. Foreman in This is also the name given on the website of the Ghana Armed Forces website. Another book gives his surname as Forman, but only ascribes him initials in a list in which 'D. A. Forman' precedes 'D. A. Hansen':
Ghana Navy service Forman was born in Brentford on 20 June 1910.ADM 196/151/51, The National ArchivesBMD At age 17, he was an acting sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy. In 1931, he became a sub-lieutenant and promoted as a lieutenant two years after (1933). In 1941, he became Lieutenant Commander and commanded HMS Airdale and HMS Lookout (G32). He was mentioned in dispatches in 1942, and became a Commander at the end of 1943, where he commanded HMS Garth (L20). In 1950, he was made Commodore. Retiring from active Navy service in July 1959,Cdr. Archibald George Forman of the Royal Navy he was seconded to the newly created Ghana Navy. Kwame Nkrumah, then the Ghana president, granted him a presidential commission as a Ghana naval officer with the rank of Commodore and appointed him Chief of Naval Staff. This was after the navy had been established in 1959.
After Nkrumah assumed the title of Supreme Commander in September, he replaced Commodore Forman with Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Hansen.'Gen. Alexander leaves Ghana: changes in high command', The Times, 26 September 1961. As Captain A. G. Forman he received a CBE in 1962.'The Birthday Honours', The Times, 2 June 1962.Supplement to the London Gazette, 2 June 1962, p.4311
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