King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975

Service biography
; Joined RN 1912; World War I 1914-1918; HMS GLORY, North American Station 1914; Gallipoli 1915; Gunnery officer, HMS DURBAN, China Station, 1927; World War II 1939-1945; commanding, HMS AURORA, Spitzbergen Island expedition, autumn 1941; Force 'K', Mediterranean 1941; Cruiser Sqn 1943; HMS VANGUARD on the Royal Tour of South Africa 1946; Director of Personal Services and Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel, Admiralty 1947-1949; retired 1960

Papers
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON: Letters home 1914-1941 (ref: LS Con Shelf), including; letters home to his mother relating to his service as midshipman in battleship HMS GLORY, North American Station Aug-Sep 1914; letters home to his mother from the Dardanelles, Jun-Dec 1915, including his eye witness account of the evacuation from Suvla Bay; letters home to his mother from cruiser HMS DURBAN, China Station, Jan-Apr 1927, relating to the defence of the European settlements at Shanghai against possible Chinese attack; letter home to his wife as Capt of cruiser HMS AURORA, describing demolition expedition to Spitzbergen Island, Norway, Aug-Sep 1941; also file of signals relating to Force 'K''s successful action, under Agnew's command in HMS AURORA, against an Italian convoy, Mediterranean, Nov 1941

Publications

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SUBJECTS
PLACES Balkans 1915; Far East 1927; Arctic Circle 1941; Southern Europe 1941
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