Summary Guide

HAMILTON, Adm Sir John (1910-1994)

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Hamilton, J

Held at: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

Title: HAMILTON, Adm Sir John (1910-1994)

Date(s): 1985

Level of description: Collection level

Extent: 1 file or 0.01m3

Name of creator(s): Hamilton | Sir | John Graham | 1910-1994 | Knight | Admiral

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1910; educated Royal Navy College, Dartmouth; joined Royal Navy, 1924; second in command, HMS ARDENT, 1934; qualified as Gunnery Specialist, 1936; Training Development Officer, Gunnery School, 1939-1940; on staff of Admiral Andrew Cunningham and Fleet anti aircraft Gunnery Officer, HMS WARSPITE, 1940-1942; Commander, 1943; Commander, Gunnery Division, Admiralty, 1943-1945; posted to South East Asia, 1945; British Commonwealth Occupation Force, Japan, 1946; in command, HMS ALACRITY, Far East, 1947-1948; Captain, 1949; Deputy Director, Radio Equipment, 1950-1951; in command, 5 Destroyer Squadron, 1952-1953; Director of Naval Ordnance, Admiralty, 1954-1956; in command HMS NEWFOUNDLAND, Far East and Suez, 1956-1958; Rear Admiral, 1958; Naval Secretary to First Lord of the Admiralty, 1958-1960; Vice Admiral, 1961; Flag Officer Flotillas, Home Fleet, 1960-1962; Flag Officer, Naval Air Command, 1962-1964; Commander in Chief, Mediterranean, and Commander in Chief Allied Forces, Mediterranean, 1964-1967; Admiral, 1965; retired, 1967; died, 1985.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript account 'From bombardment to island kingdom' by Admiral Sir John Hamilton, 1985, detailing his service, 1943-1946, including work as Commander, Gunnery Division, Admiralty, 1943-1945, planning naval fire support for Normandy landings (Operation OVERLORD), and subsequently compiling analysis of operations; Commander, Naval Bombardment, Force 'W', planning and training for planned invasion of Malaya (Operation ZIPPER), 1945; Senior Naval Officer, port of Sabang, Sumatra, 1945-1946.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

One file.

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.

Conditions governing reproduction:

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 Director of Archives and Information Management.

Finding aids:

No additional finding aids exist.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by the family, Sept 2004.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Decorations: GBE, CB.

Archivist's note: Compiled by Katharine Higgon.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD (G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: October 2007

Subjects

Naval history | History

Operation Overlord (1944) | Military operations | Military engineering

Operation Zipper (1945) | Military operations | Military engineering

World War Two (1939-1945) | War

Naval operations

World wars (events)

Personal names

Hamilton | Sir | John Graham | 1910-1994 | Knight | Admiral

Corporate names

Admiralty

Royal Navy

Places

Malaysia | South East Asia

Normandy | France | Western Europe

Sumatra | Indonesia | South East Asia