King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975
Name BARBER, John Lee- (1905-1995), Rear Admiral
Service biography Yangtze River, China 1937; commanding HMS WITCH 1937-1938; World War II 1939-1945; commanding HMS GRIFFIN 1939-1941; commanding HMS OPPORTUNE 1942-1944; Second in Command, HMS KING ALFRED 1945; commanding HMS ST JAMES 1946-1947; Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, Harwich 1948-1949; Naval Attache, Chile 1950-1952; commanding HMS AGINCOURT and Capt, D4 1952-1954; Cdre, Inshore Flotilla 1954-1956; Admiral Superintendent, HM Dockyard, Malta 1957-1959; retired 1959