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 by special entry from New Zealand 1927; HMS EREBUS 1928; HMS LONDON 1929-1931; HMS WARSPITE 1933; HMS DIOMEDE 1934-1935; specialised in gunnery 1936-1937; HMS EXCELLENT 1938; World War II 1939-1945; HMS ACHILLES 1939-1942; battle of the River Plate, off the coast of Argentina 1939; HMS EXCELLENT 1942; HMS ANSON 1943; Admiralty Gunnery Establishment 1944-1945; Executive Officer, HMNZS BELLONA 1946-1948; Commander Superintendent of HM Dockyard, Devonport 1950; Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance 1950-1953; HMS MANXMAN 1953; Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer (Flotillas) Mediterranean 1954-1955; Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty 1956-1958; HMS TIGER 1959; Director General of Weapons, Admiralty 1960-1962; retired from RN 1962; Chief of Naval Staff, Royal New Zealand Navy 1963-1965; retired 1965

Papers
No reply to approach letter to family, 1990

Publications
OTHER_PAPERS No papers have been traced

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