King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975

Service biography
World War I 1914-1918; Deputy Director, Operations Div, Admiralty 1932-1934; commanding Navigation School, Portsmouth 1934-1936; HMS VINDICTIVE 1937-1938; HMS REPULSE 1938-1941; Far East, World War II 1939-1942; died of fever, on island of Chibia (Tjibia, Tjebia), having escaped from Singapore 1942

Papers
LIDDELL HART CENTRE FOR MILITARY ARCHIVES: The papers of Mrs Megan Spooner (widow) include her diaries and personal letters relating to life in Singapore 1941-1942; also press cuttings 1942-1946 concerning Spooner's appointment as R Adm Malaya, 1942, and his death after the evacuation from Singapore following the Japanese invasion, Feb 1942 IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON: The papers of V Adm Sir Peter Grenville Lyon Cazalet (ref: P432) include a letter from Spooner describing the fall of Singapore, Feb 1942; ROYAL NAVAL MUSEUM, PORTSMOUTH: Two midshipman's journals kept during his service in HMS GOLIATH and HMS HIBERNIA 1906-1907 (ref: 181/91)

Publications

Index terms
SUBJECTS
PLACES South East Asia 1941-1942
NAMES

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