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 1894; Grand Fleet, World War I 1914-1918; commanded HMS CALLIOPE, HMS CALCUTTA and HMS BARHAM between 1918-1925; Senior Naval Officer, Harwich 1925; commanded boys' training establishment, Forton, Gosport 1927-1928; Director of Operations Div, Admiralty 1928-1930; Director of Naval Equipment 1931-1932; commanded 2 Cruiser Sqn 1932-1934; Fourth Sea Lord 1935-1937; Commander-in-Chief, China Station 1938-1940; World War II 1939-1945; Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches 1941-1942; Head of British Naval Delegation, Washington DC, USA 1942-1944; retired 1945

Papers
CHURCHILL ARCHIVES CENTRE, CHURCHILL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY: Papers (two boxes) comprising journals, photographs, papers and correspondence 1900-1979 (ref: NBLE). Collection includes papers of his son, Cdr Sir Allan Herbert Percy Noble

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