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Grenfell, Russell, 1892-1954, Captain RN
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1892-1954
History
Born in 1892; Lt, 1914; served on HMS REVENGE, Battle of Jutland, 1916; Lt Cdr, 1922; Cdr, 1927; served on teaching staff of Royal Naval College, Greenwich; correspondent for The Sunday Times, HMS SCYLLA, 1944; visited Germany, 1945; died in 1954. Publications: A cruiser commander's orders (Gieves, Portsmouth, 1933), The art of the admiral (Faber and Faber, London, 1937), Sea power in the next war (Geoffrey Bles, London, 1938), The men who defend us (Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1938), Service pay (Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1944), The Bismarck episode (Faber and Faber, London, 1948), Nelson the sailor (Faber and Faber, London, 1949), Main fleet to Singapore (Faber and Faber, London, 1951), Unconditional hatred (Devin-Adair Co, New York, 1954).
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0099 KCLMA
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Final
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Further information is available at the National Archives (F38141)