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A biographical dictionary of the twentieth-century Royal Navy. Volume 1 Admirals of the Fleet and Admirals - Alastair Wilson

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Title
A biographical dictionary of the twentieth-century Royal Navy. Volume 1 Admirals of the Fleet and Admirals
Author
Alastair Wilson
format
Hardback
Publisher
Seaforth Publishing
Language
English
UK Publication Date
20130330

Despite its recent decline in size and influence, for much of the twentieth century the Royal Navy was a major player in world history. Its senior officers carried out
and sometimes made
British policy in peace and war, but with the exception of a few star figures the details of their careers have never been published. This book is the first volume of a major study intended to provide a resum of the service lives of every flag officer, in the style of the great nineteenth century biographical dictionaries of Marshall and OByrne. Every entry is based on primary sources, including the Navys confidential personnel files, cross-referenced with general historical data and, in the case of living officers, correspondence with the subjects themselves. - - This volume covers the 336 most senior admirals on the Navy List from 1900 onwards. The length of each entry varies with the importance of the officer covered, but each includes both an outline of their careers and significant dates, like promotions and awards. The majority are not included in the Dictionary of National Biography, and as such, this work will be a boon to historians, and invaluable to genealogists. Future volumes will work down the seniority list, the ultimate aim being to cover all Captains as well as flag officers, which once completed will form a monumental and unique naval historical resource. -

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Type
BOOK
Keyword Index
Admirals - Great Britain - Biography - Dictionaries.|Great Britain - History, Naval - 20th century.
Country of Publication
England
Number of Pages
vii, 88

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