King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975
Name PATTERSON, Sir Wilfrid Rupert (1893-1950), Admiral
Service biography Joined RN 1906; Midshipman 1911; World War I 1914-1918; specialist in Gunnery 1918; Chief Signal Officer and Flag Capt to R Adm commanding HM Australian Sqn 1940; Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff 1943-1945; operation OVERLORD 1944; commanded HMS NORFOLK 1946; Adm commanding Reserves 1947-1949; retired 1950
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Index terms SUBJECTS Allied invasion of North West Europe 1944
PLACES Normandy 1944
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