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BURNETT, Rear Adm Philip Whitworth (1908-1996)

BURNETT, Rear Adm Philip Whitworth (1908-1996)

  • BURNETT
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  • 1922-1996

Papers of Rear Adm Philip Whitworth Burnett, relating to his life and career, 1922-1996, chiefly photographs, reports and press cuttings relating to Nanking, China, 1927 (where Chinese National Government troops attacked British and American residents: Burnett was a midshipman in HMS EMERALD, which bombarded city); photographs of Shanghai, Karachi and Diyatalawa, 1927; photographs of Abadan, Basra and Kuwait, 1928; photographs and correspondence relating to his service in HMS KELLY, 1939-1940, and to the sinking of HMS KELLY, May 1940; photographs and press cuttings relating to North Atlantic anti-submarine operations, 1943-1945.

Burnett, Philip Whitworth, 1908-1996, Rear Admiral

CORSON, Commander Peter Francis Reid (1925-2007)

  • CORSON
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  • 1905-1963

Published memoir by Cdr Peter Francis Reid Corson: Call the Middle Watch: An Account of Life at Sea in the Royal Navy 1905 to 1963 (Pentland Press, Edinburgh, 1997), narrating the naval career of his father, R Adm Eric Reid Corson (1887-1972), 1905-1941, and Cdr P F R Corson's own naval career, 1943-1963. Includes R Adm E R Corson's letters home, sketches and notes from Port Arthur, China, 1905, the West Indies, 1910, the Persian Gulf, 1913-1914, and the British Grand Fleet, 1916. Also Cdr P F R Corson's memoirs of service with the Eastern Fleet, 1944-1945, in the Persian Gulf, 1946-1948, the Malayan Emergency, 1948, Malta and Gibraltar, 1949-1950, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, 1950, service as trainer, Boys Training Squadron, Rosyth, Scotland, 1952-1954, service as naval respresentative, Joint Planning Staff, Middle East, Cyprus, 1956-1958, commanding HMS RUSSELL, Fishery Protection Squad, Iceland, 1958-1962; commanding HMS BARROSA, Radar Picket ship, Far East, 1962-1968.

Corson, Peter Francis Reid, 1925-2007, Commander

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