Description
Object description
Ts memoirs (144pp), written in 1986 - 1988, recording, with much useful detail, his early life as the son of an RN officer, his training as a cadet at the Royal Naval College Dartmouth (1924 - 1928), his service as a midshipman in the Mediterranean Fleet battleships HMS WARSPITE and HMS VALIANT (1928 - 1929), the cruiser HMS DURBAN and the sloop HMS HELIOTROPE on the North America and West Indies Station (1929 - 1930) and the Home Fleet battleship HMS BARHAM (1930), his Sub-Lieutenant's courses (1931 - 1932) and service in the sloop HMS LUPIN on the East Indies Station for duties in the Persian Gulf (1933 - 1934) and then as a Lieutenant in the destroyer HMS WALPOLE on Irish patrol duties (1934 - 1935) and the destroyer depot ship HMS WOOLWICH in the Mediterranean (1935), his training and subsequent service as an anti-submarine (A/S) officer, mostly in HMS HERO, with the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean at the time of the Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1938), his appointment as an instructor at HMS OSPREY, the A/S establishment at Portland (1938 - 1939), as A/S officer in the destroyer HMS HAVELOCK, including operations during the Norwegian campaign and the evacuation from St Nazaire (February - September 1940), as A/S officer to Captain (D) in the Liverpool Escort Force (September 1940 - July 1941), as A/S officer to Rear Admiral Alexandria (October - December 1941) including the Italian human torpedo attack on HMS VALIANT and HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, as A/S officer, in HMS JERVIS, to the 14th Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean (January 1942 - February 1943) including the 2nd Battle of Sirte and escort of convoys from Alexandria to Malta; as Fleet A/S officer on the Mediterranean Station under Admiral Harwood (February - December 1943); in command of the frigate HMS MERMAID on Russian and North Atlantic convoy escort (May 1944 - September 1945) including the sinking of U 344 and U 394 on Russian convoys JW59 and RA59 respectively; and his post-war service in the A/S Warfare Department (1945 - 1948), as 1st Lieutenant of the aircraft carrier HMS IMPLACABLE, the flagship of the Home Fleet (1948 - 1949) and in the Tactical and Staff Duties Division (1950 - 1955). Together with a revised hardback edition, heavily illustrated, incorporating details of his earlier life; plus a photocopied ts account (34pp) describing his part in the Norwegian campaign of April - June 1940 in greater detail.
Content description
Ts memoirs (144pp), written in 1986 - 1988, recording, with much useful detail, his early life as the son of an RN officer, his training as a cadet at the Royal Naval College Dartmouth (1924 - 1928), his service as a midshipman in the Mediterranean Fleet battleships HMS WARSPITE and HMS VALIANT (1928 - 1929), the cruiser HMS DURBAN and the sloop HMS HELIOTROPE on the North America and West Indies Station (1929 - 1930) and the Home Fleet battleship HMS BARHAM (1930), his Sub-Lieutenant's courses (1931 - 1932) and service in the sloop HMS LUPIN on the East Indies Station for duties in the Persian Gulf (1933 - 1934) and then as a Lieutenant in the destroyer HMS WALPOLE on Irish patrol duties (1934 - 1935) and the destroyer depot ship HMS WOOLWICH in the Mediterranean (1935), his training and subsequent service as an anti-submarine (A/S) officer, mostly in HMS HERO, with the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean at the time of the Spanish Civil War (1936 - 1938), his appointment as an instructor at HMS OSPREY, the A/S establishment at Portland (1938 - 1939), as A/S officer in the destroyer HMS HAVELOCK, including operations during the Norwegian campaign and the evacuation from St Nazaire (February - September 1940), as A/S officer to Captain (D) in the Liverpool Escort Force (September 1940 - July 1941), as A/S officer to Rear Admiral Alexandria (October - December 1941) including the Italian human torpedo attack on HMS VALIANT and HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, as A/S officer, in HMS JERVIS, to the 14th Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean (January 1942 - February 1943) including the 2nd Battle of Sirte and escort of convoys from Alexandria to Malta; as Fleet A/S officer on the Mediterranean Station under Admiral Harwood (February - December 1943); in command of the frigate HMS MERMAID on Russian and North Atlantic convoy escort (May 1944 - September 1945) including the sinking of U 344 and U 394 on Russian convoys JW59 and RA59 respectively; and his post-war service in the A/S Warfare Department (1945 - 1948), as 1st Lieutenant of the aircraft carrier HMS IMPLACABLE, the flagship of the Home Fleet (1948 - 1949) and in the Tactical and Staff Duties Division (1950 - 1955). Together with a revised hardback edition, heavily illustrated, incorporating details of his earlier life; plus a photocopied ts account (34pp) describing his part in the Norwegian campaign of April - June 1940 in greater detail.
History note
Cataloguer RWAS
History note
Catalogue date 1988-09
