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
MIDDLETON, Gervase Boswell (1893-1961), Admiral

Service biography
World War I 1914-1918; Sub Lt, HMS ZEALANDIA 1913-1915; HMS ELIZABETH; HMS RESOLUTION; qualified in torpedoes 1917-1918; World War II 1939-1945; Capt, HMS AURORA 1938-1940; Director of Torpedoes and Mining 1942; Capt, HMS REVENGE; Capt, HMS RAMILLIES; Normandy landings 1944; Aide-de-camp 1944-1945; Adm Superintendent HM Dockyard, Chatham 1946-1950; retired 1950

Papers
CHURCHILL ARCHIVES CENTRE, CHURCHILL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY: Two letters to his wife describing the events of D-Day, Normandy, France 1944; the papers of Archibald Vivian Hill, physiologist, include correspondence with Middleton 1953-1961 (ref: AVHL)

Publications

Index terms
SUBJECTS Operation OVERLORD 1944
PLACES North West Europe 1944
NAMES

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