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 1918; World War I 1918; service in destroyers 1926-1945; Staff College 1935; Plans Div, Admiralty 1939; World War II 1939-1945; HMS ASHANTI 1941; Capt, HMS OSPREY 1943; Capt (D), 4 Destroyer Flotilla in HMS QUILLIAM 1944; Imperial Defence College 1946; Senior Naval Officer, Northern Ireland 1947; Director of Tactical Div, Naval Staff 1948; HMS DEVONSHIRE 1951; Naval Secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty 1952-1954; Flag Officer (Flotillas), Home Fleet 1955-1956; Flag Officer commanding Reserve Fleet 1956-1957; Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth 1958-1960; retired 1962

Papers
SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY: The papers of AF Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, include correspondence with Onslow as Naval Secretary to First Sea Lord, relating to Mediterranean Command 1953-1954 (ref: MB1/H104-106)

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