Private Papers of Rear Admiral A D Nicholl CB CBE DSO

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Well-written but slightly superficial ts memoir (179pp) covering his naval career, 1915 - 1951, describing his service as a midshipman in the Grand Fleet battleship HMS MARLBOROUGH, 1915 - 1916, including the Battle of Jutland; as Naval Assistant Secretary to the CID, 1936 - 1939, and in the War Cabinet Secretariat, 1939 - 1941; in command of the cruiser HMS PENELOPE, a unit in Force K based on Malta at the height of the naval war in the Mediterranean, 1941 - 1942; as Director of Operations (Foreign) at the Admiralty, 1942 - 1944; and as Captain of the battleship HMS DUKE OF YORK with the Home Fleet, 1944 - 1945, and the British Pacific Fleet at the time of the Japanese surrender. Together with copies of letters to a naval historian about the personalities of various flag officers and other naval matters.

History note

Catalogue date 1977-07

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Cataloguer RWAS

Object details

Category: Private papers
Related period: First World War (content), Interwar (content), Second World War (content), 1945-1989 (content)
Creator: Nicholl, Angus Dacres
Dimensions: Box: 1.9
Catalogue number: Documents.7111

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