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 1916; RN College, Greenwich 1923; service in destroyers 1924-1932; Lt, HMS CRUSADER, 2 Flotilla, Home Fleet 1932-1934; on naval staff, Royal Australian Naval College 1935; Lt Cdr, HMS SHEFFIELD 1937-1939; World War II 1939-1945; HMS HERMIONE, on convoys to Malta 1940-1941; HMS RAMILLIES, East Africa 1943; Naval Officer in charge of GOLD beach area, Normandy landings 1944; commanded HMS MERGANSER 1945-1946; Assistant Director of Naval Equipment, Admiralty 1946-1948; Deputy Superintendent, Captain of the Dockyard and King's Harbourmaster, Portsmouth 1948-1950; Senior Officer, New Zealand Navy, and Capt, HM New Zealand Ship BELLONA 1951-1953; Commodore, Harwich 1953-1954; Admiral Superintendent, HM Dockyard, Chatham 1954-1958; retired 1958

Papers
Family informed LHCMA in 1979 that many personal papers were lost during World War II No other papers have been traced

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