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Description: | Ts memoir (29pp), with some illustrative material, describing his privileged early life in Cornwall (1897 - 1914), his experiences as a midshipman in the cruiser HMS EURYALUS in Home waters and at Gallipoli (August 1914 - May 1916), with particular reference to his service in the landing of the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (86th Brigade, 29th Division) at W Beach, Cape Helles on 25 April 1915, and his subsequent appointments to the sloop HMS MAGNOLIA in the Mediterranean (July 1916 - spring 1917) and the Harwich Force destroyer HMS SATYR (June 1917 - 1919) including the sinking of the German destroyer S20 off the Belgian coast in June 1917; his political career between the wars as the Conservative MP and candidate for North Cornwall (1924 - 1932); and his naval service during the Second World War in the United Kingdom (1939 - 1941), as Area Minesweeping Officer, Suez Canal (May 1942 - summer 1943), as Commander Minesweepers at Sheerness (1943 - 1945) and in charge of the repatriation of RN officer from Marlag Nord prisoner of war camp in Westertimke, Germany (April - May 1945)
Cataloguer RWAS
Catalogue date 1988-09 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | HMS MAGNOLIA HMS EURYALUS HMS SATYR Royal Navy destroyer (1916) | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Williams, A M | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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