Summary Guide

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3.1 IDENTITY STATEMENT

3.1.1 Reference code: GB99 KCLMA De Winton

3.1.2 Title: DE WINTON, Capt Francis Stephen Walter, RN ([1896]-1985)

3.1.3 Dates of creation of material: ND. Covers events between 1902-1946.

3.1.4 Level of description: collection level (single item)

3.1.5 Extent: 1 file

3.2 CONTEXT

3.2.2 Biographical history: Born in [1896]; Midshipman, 1913; served in the North Sea, 1915, English Channel, 1915-1916, and off the west coast of Ireland, 1917-1918; Lt, 1917; served in Turkey, 1922, and China, 1927-1929; Cdr, 1931; served in the Mediterranean, 1934-1936 and 1939-1940, North Sea, 1941-1942, and Indian Ocean, 1942-1944; Capt, 1938; commanded destroyer base HMS DEFENDER, Liverpool, 1944-1945; Capt-in-Charge, West Africa, 1945-1946; Naval Officer in Charge, Hamburg, 1946-1947; retired, 1948; Commodore of Convoys, 1950-[1966]; died in 1985.

3.2.5 Provenance/source of acquisition: Presented to the Centre by the family in 1985.

3.3 CONTENT AND STRUCTURE

3.3.1 Scope and content: Typescript memoir entitled 'Ships in bottles' covering his life and naval career, 1902-1952, notably his service in the North Sea and the English Channel, 1915-1916, off the West coast of Ireland, 1917-1918, in Turkey, 1922, China, 1927-1929, the Mediterranean, 1934-1936 and 1939-1940, the North Sea, 1941-1942, the Indian Ocean, 1942-1944, at destroyer base HMS DEFENDER, Liverpool, 1944-1945, and in West Africa, 1945-1946, ND.

3.3.4 Arrangement: single item

3.4 CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE

3.4.2 Access: Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

3.4.3 Copyright: Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the College Archivist.

3.4.4 Language: English

3.4.6 Finding aids: Summary guide entry on-line and due to be published in hard copy.

3.6 NOTE AREA

3.6.1 Date of compilation: Aug 1996

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