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 1921; Lt, HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH 1933; RN Staff College, Greenwich 1939; service in HMS WIVERN, HMS VANSITTART, HMS JERSEY and HMS ILLUSTRIOUS, World War II 1939-1945; commanded HMS VANSITTART, Narvik operations, Norway 1940; member of Joint Planning Staff 1941-1942; Staff Officer (Operations) and Staff Officer (Planning) to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean 1943-1944; Capt of Singapore Dockyard 1950; Deputy Director, RN Staff College 1952-1953; commanded HMS GAMBIA 1954-1956; Director of Operations Div, Admiralty 1956-1957; Admiral Superintendent, Rosyth Dockyard 1957-1960; retired 1960

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