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Description: | Microfilm copy of ts memoirs (218pp) covering his childhood and early life in Plumstead, Kent (1896 - 1912), his enlistment in the Royal Navy and basic and specialist training at Shotley (October 1912 - Summer 1913) and his subsequent service as a boy signalman in the Home Fleet battleship VENGEANCE (October 1913 - April 1914), as a signalman in the battleship DOMINION in the Grand Fleet up to April 1916 and then on detached duty in Home waters until April 1918, in the light cruiser PATROL employed on anti-submarine operations in the Irish Sea (May 1918 - April 1919), in the RFA meat carrier WHINHILL attached to the British naval forces in the Baltic campaign (July 1919 - January 1920) and at Chatham barracks (1920) and as a leading signalman in HMS REPULSE in the Battle Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet (January 1921 - June 1922). The memoirs include interesting references to Vice-Admiral Gordon Campbell VC when in command of PATROL and to Lord Mountbatten as a junior officer in REPULSE while, despite some historical inaccuracies, they offer a useful insight into the interests, recreations and living conditions of the lower deck at that time.
Cataloguer RWAS
Catalogue date 1989-06 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | HMS REPULSE HMS DOMINION HMS PATROL battleship (1903) light cruiser (1904) HMS VENGEANCE Royal Navy battlecruiser (1916) battleship (1899) | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Allen, C F S | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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