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 1934; HMS KENT and HMS CUMBERLAND, China Station 1935-1937; HM Submarine SNAPPER, HMS TYNE and HMS DIADEM, World War II 1939-1945; commanding HMS DEFENDER 1959-1960; Adm commanding Reserves and Director General Naval Recruiting 1965-1968; retired 1968

Papers
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON: Papers 1935-1976 (ref: P 422, 423, 423A), including; midshipman's logs, China Station 1935-1937; account of service with HMS FROBISHER, Jan-Feb 1935; letter to V Adm, Dover describing Carew-Hunt's role in the evacuation from Dunkirk 1940; two volumes of order books kept as Commander of HMS DEFENDER 1959-1960; correspondence with Ministry of Defence relating to the reorganisation of the command structure of the RN Reserve 1976; report by Carew-Hunt on the RN Reserve and the role of Admiral Commanding Reserves, written on his retirement 1968; official and personal correspondence 1967-1968 relating to his promotions and retirement, 1964; service papers, including certificates 1932-1968; folder of official and personal correspondence during World War II; China Station photograph album

Publications

Index terms
SUBJECTS
PLACES Far East 1935-1927; France 1940; North West Europe 1940
NAMES R Adm Julian F C Patterson (father-in-law)

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