REFERENCE DOCUMENTS & RESOURCES
- BOOKS DATABASE -
Updated 26-Jan-2008
In this section we eventually hope to develop a comprehensive searchable
database of books and publications relating to the Royal Navy during the period
1904 to 1945. In the short term will have a page listing the main biographies
of Flag officers who served during this era. We halso ope to include reviews
in this section so, If you wish to contribute a review to this site, please
contact our staff.
We also intend to provide transcriptions of out of copyright books as time
permits.
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Cowan's War Geoffrey Bennett Collins, 1964 NK Biography of Admiral Sir Walter Cowan |
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Cunningham of Hyndhope Oliver Warner John Murray, 1967 N/K Biography of Admiral Sir Andrew B. Cunningham. Out of print. |
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Cunningham the Commander Captain S.W.C. Pack Batsford, 1974 N/K Biography of Admiral Sir Andrew B. Cunningham. Out of print. |
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Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty: The Last Naval Hero.
An intimate biography Stephen Roskill Collins, 1981 0-689-11119-3 Did you know that Beatty enjoyed reading fairy stories? Find out more in this well balanced biography. |
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Fighting Admiral Donald MacIntyre Evans Brothers, 1961 N/K Biography of Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Fownes Somerville. Out of print. |
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Fisher and Cunningham Richard Ollard Constable, 1991 0 09 470490 2 A book which compares and contrasts the personailites and styles of two of the greatest admirals of the Dreadnought era. |
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Fisher of Kilverstone |
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Invergordon Scapegoat Alan Coles Alan Sutton, 1993 N/K An analysis of how Tomkinson, who was standing in as Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet at the time of the Invergordon mutiny was used as a scapegoat in the official investigation which followed. |
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The Life and Letters of David Beatty, Admiral of the
Fleet Rear-admiral W.S. Chalmers Hodder and Stoughton, 1951 NK Written at the request of Beatty's son |
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The Man Around the Engine Vice-Admiral Louis LeBailly Kenneth Mason, 1990 N/K An autobiography detailng the life of a naval engineer in the 1930s. |
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It Might Happen Again Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield Heinemann, 1942 NK With World War 2 now history, Chatfield backpedals from where he left off in Volume 1 to examine more critically the inter war years. |
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My Naval Life Admiral of the Fleet the Earl of Cork and Orrery Hutchison, 1943 NK 55 years of service. One of my personal favourites. |
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The Navy and Defence Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield Heinemann, 1942 NK Volume 1 of Chatfield's two part biography covers his years up to Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean. Much in here about his time as Flag Captain to Beatty including the famous quotation. Never seen it with a dustwrapper. |
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Roger Keyes Cecil Aspinall-Oglander Hogarth Press, 1951 N/K A comprehensive biography of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Keyes. |
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A Sailor's Odyssey Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope Hutchinson, 1951 N/K Viscount Cunningham's autobiography covers his long service from Cadet to Admiral of the Fleet and beyond. One of the most important books covering the Dreadnought period. |
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The Sky was Always Blue Admiral Sir William James Methuen, 1951 N/K From 'Bubbles' to Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. Admiral James' biography. |