King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

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

Name
HOLT, Reginald Vesey (1884-1957), Vice Admiral

Service biography
HMS BRITANNIA; World War I 1914-1918; Capt in charge of Bermuda Dockyard, West Indies 1928-1930; Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief, the Nore 1931-1933; Cdr, HMS SHROPSHIRE 1933-1934; Capt, RN College, Dartmouth 1934-1936; Senior Naval Officer, Yangtse River, China 1937-1939; retired 1940; World War II 1940-1945; re-appointed as Flag Officer, Humber 1940-1942; Senior Naval Officer, Azores 1943-1944; Naval Officer in charge of Newhaven 1944; Flag Officer, Denmark 1945

Papers
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON: Letters written to his wife during his period as R Adm, Yangtse River, during the Japanese invasion of China 1937-1938 (ref: P 186)

Publications

Index terms
SUBJECTS Sino-Japanese War 1937-1939
PLACES Far East 1937-1939
NAMES

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