- List of Supply Officers in the Royal Navy who have reached flag rank
This is a list of Royal Naval
Paymaster s andSupply Officer s who have reachedflag rank , listed in order of seniority as a Rear-Admiral. It was customary for some officers to be promoted upon retirement, so some pre-war paymaster admirals may not have served in the rank on the active list.Full names are given, where known, and honours and awards are listed in full, but without dates. Dates of birth are not given for the deceased. Appointments held as an admiral are given and a summary, where known, of appointments held since retirement from the Royal Navy.
At any one time, one admiral is appointed as head of the branch, either as Paymaster Director-General from 1918 to 1944, Director-General Supply and Secretariat Branch from 1944 to 1959, Chief Naval Supply and Secretariat Officer (CNSSO) from 1959 to 2004 and, now, Chief Naval Logistics Officer (CNLO). For the last fifty years, this appointment has been an additional job.
Research continues but the list is now broadly complete in respect of admirals in the past fifty years. A short history of the
Supply Officer complements this list.* Paymaster-Director-General
Sir John (H G) Chapple KCB CVO - promoted to that rank6 March 1918 and retired30 June 1918
*Paymaster Rear-Admiral Sir William Marcus Charles Beresford Whyte (1863-1932) - promoted to the rank of Paymaster-Director-General1 July 1918 and to Paymaster Rear-Admiral on8 November 1918 , the first proper pusseradmiral , Paymaster Director-General having become his appointment rather than the rank. Portrait in the National Portrait Gallery,London
* Paymaster Rear-Admiral Charles Augustus Royer Flood Dunbar CBE (1849 -1939 ) - see [http://www.finanandco.co.uk/June2004_f.htm#MILITARIA]
* Paymaster Rear-AdmiralSir Hamnet Holditch Share (1864-1937) - see [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/pidocs.asp?P=P25857] and [http://collections.iwm.org.uk/upload/pdf/Bk364.pdf]
* Paymaster Rear-Admiral Lynes
* Paymaster Rear-Admiral Frederick G Motton CBE
* Paymaster Rear-Admiral William Ernest Russell Martin (1867 -1946 ) - (joined RN1884 ; retired1922 ); author of "Adventures of a Naval Paymaster" (Herbert Jenkins,1924 ) - see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/MARTIN9.shtml]
* Paymaster Rear-Admiral Herbert A D J Gyles (died1937 ) - see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/GYLES.shtml]
* Paymaster Rear-Admiral George Christopher Aubin Boyer (1862 -1949 ) - promoted c.1919 - see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/BOYER.shtml]
* Paymaster Rear-AdmiralSir Charles (Fleetwood) Pollard KCB CMG (1868 -1938 ) - appointed3 July 1923 as Paymaster Director-General. Portrait in the National Portrait Gallery,London
* Paymaster Rear-Admiral Henry M Ommanney (1870 -1935 ) - promoted c.1922 - see [http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/hms_drake.htm]
* Paymaster Rear-Admiral Richard Bosustow Hosking (1869 -1962 ) - promoted1924 - see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/HOSKING.shtml]
* Paymaster Rear-Admiral William Frederick Cullinan (1876 -1937 ) - promoted c.1925 and served as Port Accountant Officer, staff ofCommander-in-Chief ,The Nore , Chatham - see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/CULLINAN.shtml]
* Paymaster Rear-AdmiralSir Bertram Cowles Allen KCB MVO (1875 -1957 ) - promoted1 July 1926 and served as Paymaster Director General (1926 -1929 ); see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/ALLEN3.shtml]
* Paymaster Rear-Admiral Henry Horniman (1870-1956) - see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/HORNIMAN.shtml]
* Paymaster Rear-Admiral Sir F T Spickernell KBE CB DSO (1885 -19xx ) - promoted1928
* Paymaster Rear-AdmiralSir (Henry Wilfred) Eldon Manisty KCB CMG (1876 -1960 ) - appointed1 July 1929 as Paymaster Director-General. See portrait at [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-pa-HTTP%253A%252F%252FCAS.AWM.GOV.AU%252FPROD%252FGL.ACCEPT_LOGIN%253FSCREEN_NAME%253DCAS_SEARCH_PKG.PR_SEARCH_BY_LINK%2526SCREEN_PARMS%253DACID%257EPS_QUERY_TYPE%253DACCNUM%257EPS_QUERY%253D305336%257EPS_REFERRER%253DOAI%253AAWM%253A257428%252F903150%2526SCREEN_TYPE%253DBOTTOM] and see [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10409/10409.txt]
* Paymaster Rear-Admiral John Dickenson Holmes (1875 -1947 ) - promoted1930 ; see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/HOLMES.shtml]
* Paymaster Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Ferdinand Murray (187x -1933 ) - appointed1 July 1932 as Paymaster Director-General and died in office
* Paymaster Rear-AdmiralSir Henry William Woodward KCB (187x -19xx ) - appointed 10 July 1933 as Paymaster Director-General until July 1936
* Paymaster Rear-Admiral J Siddalls OBE
* Paymaster Rear-AdmiralSir Arthur (Foster) Strickland KCB OBE (1882 -1955 ) - appointed10 July 1936 as Paymaster Director-General until retirement in July 1939. Served as Ministry of Food's Chief Divisional Food Officer, Southern Command Area 1941-1943 - see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/STRICKLAND1.shtml]
* Paymaster Rear-AdmiralSir David Sidney Lambert KCB OBE (1885 -1966 ) - promoted10 July 1939 and served as Paymaster Director-General until retirement in July 1942. Served in the Ministry of Supply (Directorate of Economy) 1942-1944. Portrait in the National Portrait Gallery,London (see [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?search=as&grp=1004%3BAdmirals&lDate=&LinkID=mp56343] ) and see also [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/LAMBERT2.shtml]
* Paymaster Rear-Admiral (later Rear-Admiral (S))Sir William Evelyn Hatten Jolly KCB (188x -19xx ) - promoted10 July 1942 and served as Paymaster Director-General until 26 October 1944, then Director-General Supply and Secretariat Branch until July 1945
* Acting Vice-Admiral (S)Sir Malcolm Giffard Stebbing Cull KCB CBE MVO (1891 -1962 ) - appointed 10 July 1945 as Director-General Supply and Secretariat Branch until August 1948 (see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/CULL.shtml] )
* Rear-Admiral A J Wheeler (1894-19xx) - promoted30 June 1943
* Rear-Admiral Noel Wright (1890 -1975 ) - promoted c.1944 and Command Supply Officer,Western Approaches 1944-1945 - see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/WRIGHT.shtml]
* Rear-Admiral E L Tottenham CB OBE (1896-19xx) - promoted1 December 1945
* Acting Vice-Admiral (S)Sir (George) Harold Bankart KCB CBE (1893 -1964 ) - promoted 4 August 1948 and served as Director-General Supply and Secretariat Branch until August 1951 (see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/BANKART.shtml] )
* Vice-Admiral (S)Sir William McBride KCB CBE (1895 -1959 ) - appointed 4 August 1951 as Director-General Supply and Secretariat Branch until August 1954 (see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/MCBRIDE.shtml] )
* Rear-Admiral H P Chapman CBE (190x-19xx) - promoted31 March 1949
* Rear-Admiral Jack Kenneth Highton CB CBE (1904-1988) - promoted30 June 1951 and served as Chief Staff Officer (Administration) to Commander-in-Chief Plymouth 1957-1960 (see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/HIGHTON.html] )
* Rear-Admiral F R J Mack CB CBE (1897-19xx) - promoted23 August 1951
* Rear-Admiral A W Laybourne CB CBE (1898-19xx) - promoted31 May 1952
* Rear-Admiral Laurence A Boutwood (1898 -1982 ) - promoted5 July 1953 and served as Command Supply Officer,Portsmouth (1953 -1956 ); see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/BOUTWOOD.shtml]
* Vice-Admiral (S)Sir Maurice Herbert Elliott KCB CBE (1897 -19xx ) - promoted Rear-Admiral4 August 1951 and promoted Vice-Admiral4 August 1954 and then he served as Director-General Supply and Secretariat Branch until August 1957
* Rear-Admiral (S) Richard Allix Braine (1900 -1998 ) - promoted4 August 1954 and served as Command Supply Officer on staff ofFlag Officer Air (Home) (1954 -1956 ) and Command Supply OfficerPortsmouth (1956 -1957 ) - see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/BRAINE.shtml]
* Vice-Admiral (S)Sir Harry [Henry] Philpot Koelle KCB (1901 -1980 ) - promoted Rear-Admiral15 May 1955 and to Vice-Admiral 4 August 1957 serving as Director-General Supply and Secretariat Branch until 4 May 1959 when he became Chief Naval Supply and Secretariat Officer (CNSSO) until 1 December 1959. Portrait in the National Portrait Gallery,London
* Rear-Admiral Ronald Wilson Paffard CB CBE (1904-19xx) - promoted30 June 1957 and served as Chief Staff Officer (Administration) to Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth 1957-1960; (see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/PAFFARD.html] )
* Vice-Admiral (S)Sir John Strike Lancaster KBE CB (190x -19xx ) - appointed 1 December 1959 as Chief Naval Supply and Secretariat Officer (CNSSO) until July 1962
* Vice-AdmiralSir Norman (Egbert) Denning KBE CB (1904-1979) - promoted 1958 and served as Deputy Chief of Personnel (1958-59) and Director of Naval Manpower (1959-1960), Director of Naval Intelligence (1960-64) and Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Intelligence) (1964-67). From 10 July 1962 to 24 January 1964 he was also CNSSO. On retirement, appointed Secretary of theDefence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee (the D Notice Committee) 1967-c1970; see entry in "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" and also [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/DENNING.shtml]
* Rear-Admiral W G S Tighe CB (190x-19xx) - promoted7 July 1959
* Rear-Admiral G B Teale CB CBE (190x-19xx) - promoted7 July 1960
* Rear-Admiral Richard (Arthur James) Owen CB (1910-1997) - promoted7 July 1961 and served as Director-General Naval Personal Services1962 -1964 ; see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/OWEN3.html]
* Rear-Admiral Morrice Alexander McMullen CB OBE (1909-1990) - promoted7 January 1962 and served asFlag Officer Admiralty Interview Board 1961-1964. After retirement, appointed Director ofCivil Defence forLondon 1965-1968
* Vice-AdmiralSir Horace (Collier) Lyddon KBE CB (1912 -1968 ) - promoted Rear-Admiral7 July 1962 and served as Rear-Admiral (Personnel),Naval Air Command (1962 -1964 ); Director-General of Naval Manpower (1964 -1967 );Admiral President , RN CollegeGreenwich (1967 -1968 ) and died in office. PromotedVice-Admiral 1966. From 24 January 1964 to June 1968 he was also CNSSO (see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/LYDDON.shtml] )
* Vice-AdmiralSir Ronald Brockman KCB CSI CIE CVO CBE (1909 -1999 ) - promoted to Rear-Admiral 6 April 1963 (but acting Rear-Admiral from 1959 and acting Vice-Admiral in 1963) and served as Principal Staff Officer to theChief of Defence Staff (1959 -1965 ) having been Admiral's Secretary to Admiral of the FleetLord Mountbatten in all appointments from (1943 -1959 ) - see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/BROCKMAN1.shtml]
* Rear-Admiral Charles Kerr Thorneycroft Wheen CB (1912-1989) - promoted7 January 1964 and served asFlag Officer Admiralty Interview Board 1964-1966 (see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/WHEEN.html] )
* Rear-Admiral J S G Watkins CB (191x-19xx) - promoted7 January 1965
* Rear-Admiral Kenneth (Haydn) Farnhill CB OBE (1913 -1983 ) - promoted7 January 1966 and served as Director of Management and Support of Intelligence, Ministry of Defence (1966 -1969 ); see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/FARNHILL.shtml]
* Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Archer Henderson CB (191x-19xx) - promoted7 January 1967 and appointed 10 June 1968 as Chief Naval Supply and Secretariat Officer (CNSSO) until September 1970. See [http://www.hmshood.com/crew/biography/evanstk_bio.htm]
* Rear-Admiral John Douglas Trythall CB OBE (1914-1991) - promoted7 January 1968 and served as Assistant Chief of Personnel and Logistics, on the central staff of the Ministry of Defence, 1968-1972; see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/TRYTHALL.shtml]
* Rear-Admiral Colin (Charles Harrison) Dunlop CB CBE DL (born4 March 1918 ) - promoted 7 July 1969 and served as Commander, British Navy Staff,Washington, DC (1969 -1971 ) andFlag Officer, Medway and Port Admiral, Chatham (1971 -1974 ). From September 1970 to February 1974 he was also CNSSO (see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/DUNLOP.shtml] ). On retirement he was Director General,Cable Television Association and National Television Rental Association from 1974-1983.
* Rear-Admiral James (Percy Knowles) Harkness CB (born28 November 1916 ) - promoted7 January 1970 and served as Director-General Naval Manpower (1970 -1972 )
* AdmiralSir Peter White GBE (born25 January 1919 ) - promoted Rear-Admiral7 January 1970 and served as Director-General Fleet Services (1969 -1971 ),Port Admiral, Rosyth , (1972 -1974 ) and Chief of Fleet Support (1974 -1977 ) - promotedVice-Admiral (1974 ) andAdmiral 28 June 1976 . After retirement he was a senior executive of theIndustrial Society .
* Rear-Admiral Arthur Brooke Webb CB (born13 June 1918 ) - promoted 7 January 1973 and retired 1975
* Rear-Admiral Bill ( [William] Noel) Ash CB LVO (born6 March 1921 ) - promoted 7 January 1974 and served as Director of Service Intelligence (1974 -1977 ). On retirement he was Secretary ofDefence Press and Broadcasting Committee 1980-1984; see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/ASH1.shtml]
* Rear-Admiral Frank W Hearn CB (c.1924 -1993 ) - promoted7 January 1974 and from February 1974 to January 1977 he was CNSSO
* Rear-Admiral Tom ( [Thomas] Buckhurst) Homan CB (born9 April 1921 ) - promoted7 January 1975 and served as Director-General Naval Personal Services1974 -1978 . After retirement appointed Sub-Treasurer,Inner Temple 1978 -1985
* Rear-Admiral Ben(jamin) Cubitt Perowne CB (c.1922 -1992 ) - promoted7 January 1976 and from 26 January 1977 to 30 January 1978 he was CNSSO
* Rear-Admiral Charles (Arthur Winfield) Weston CB (born12 July 1922 ) - promoted7 July 1976 and served asAdmiral President , RN CollegeGreenwich (1976 -1978 ). After retirement, Appeals Secretary forKing Edward VII's Hospital for Officers 1979-1987
* Rear-Admiral Tom ( [Thomas] Henry) Bradbury (born4 December 1922 ) - promoted7 July 1977 and served as Flag OfficerAdmiralty Interview Board (1977 -1979 ). From 30 January 1978 to 23 May 1979 he was CNSSO
* Vice-AdmiralSir James (Edward Campbell) Kennon KCB CBE (1925 -1991 ) - promoted Rear-Admiral7 July 1978 and served as Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Policy) (1977 -1979 ) and Port Admiral,Rosyth (1979 -1981 ); promoted Vice-Admiral 7 April 1981 and appointedChief of Fleet Support (1981 -1983 ). From 23 May 1979 to October 1981 he was CNSSO; see obituary in "The Times " 26 January 1991
* Rear-AdmiralSir Leslie (William) Townsend KCVO CBE (1924 -c.2000 ) - promoted7 January 1979 and served asDefence Services Secretary (1979 -1982 )
* Vice-AdmiralSir Tony ( [Anthony] Sanders) Tippet KCB (1928 -2006 ) - promoted Rear-Admiral 7 July 1979 and served as ACFS (1979 -1981 ) and Flag Officer and Port Admiral,Portsmouth (1981 -1983 ); promoted to Vice-Admiral 11 April 1983 and appointedChief of Fleet Support (1983 -1986 ). From October 1981 to 8 July 1983 he was CNSSO. On retirement, appointed General Manager (later Chief Executive), Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital; see obituary at [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-2427971,00.html] and also [http://www.thecnj.co.uk/camden/101906/obit101906_01.html]
* Rear-Admiral John (Hildred) Carlill OBE DL (born24 October 1925 ) - promoted 7 July 1980 and served asAdmiral President , RN CollegeGreenwich (1980 -1982 )
* Rear-Admiral John (William Townshend) Walters CB (1926 -2008 ) - promoted 7 January 1981 and served as Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Personnel & Logistics) (1981 -1984 ). On retirement, served as Chairman ofIndustrial Tribunal s from 1985; see obituary at [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2101205/Rear-Admiral-John-Walters.html]
* Rear-Admiral Ken (neth Dilworth East) Wilcockson (c.1927 -c.2000 ) - promoted 7 July 1981
* Rear-Admiral Bill ( [William] Alleyne) Higgins CB CBE (1928 -2007 ) - promoted 6 August 1982 and served asFlag Officer ,Medway and Port Admiral, Chatham (1982 -1983 ) and Director-General Naval Personal Services (1983 -1986 ). From 8 July 1983 to 198x he was CNSSO; see obituary at [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/06/db0601.xml] and also [http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/news/features/chatham/dockers.shtml]
* Rear-Admiral John (Perronet) Barker CB (1930 -2003 ) - promoted 12 April 1983 and served as Chief of Staff toCommander-in-Chief Naval Home Command (1983 -1985 ); see obituary at [http://www.sailing.org/makingwaves/2004/178_050104.asp#2]
* Rear-Admiral Andrew (John) Richmond CB (1931 -2005 ) - promoted 6 November 1984 and served as Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Logistics) (1984 -1987 ); see obituary at [http://www.rumration.co.uk/cpgn2/Forums/viewtopic/t=149.html]
* Rear-Admiral Peter (Nicholas) Marsden (born29 June 1932 ) - promoted 2 September 1985 and served atRoyal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) (1985 -1988 )
* AdmiralSir Brian (Thomas) Brown KCB CBE (born31 August 1934 ) - promoted Rear-Admiral January 1986 and served as Director-General Naval Personal Services (1986 ) and DGNMT (1986 -1988 ); promoted to Vice-Admiral1988 and appointedChief of Naval Personnel andSecond Sea Lord , andAdmiral President ,RN College ,Greenwich (1988 -1991 ); promotedAdmiral 26 August 1989. Since retirement he has been director or chairman of several companies.
* Rear-AdmiralSir David Allen KCVO CBE (c.1934 -1994 ) - promoted1988 and served asDefence Services Secretary (1988 -1991 )
* Rear-Admiral Douglas (Morrison) Dow CB DL (born1 July 1935 ) - promoted 14 February 1989 and served as Director-General Naval Personal Services (1989 -1992 ) . On retirement, appointed Director,National Trust for Scotland 1992-97
* Rear-Admiral James Carine (born14 September 1934 ) - promoted 10 April 1989 and served as Chief of Staff toCommander-in-Chief Naval Home Command (1989 -1991 ). On retirement, Registrar of theArab Horse Society from 1992.
* Rear-Admiral (John Geoffrey) Robin Musson CB (born30 May 1939 ) - promoted 13 August 1990 and served atRoyal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) (1990 -1993 ). Secretary, Salisbury Diocese Sudan Link 1995-2005
* Rear-Admiral Nick ( [Nicholas] John) Wilkinson CB (born14 April 1941 ) - promoted 2 January 1991 and served as DGNMT (1992 -1994 ) and Commandant, Joint Services Defence College (JSDC) (1994 -1997 ). On retirement, appointed Secretary of theDefence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee (the D Notice Committee) 1999-2004. See portrait at [http://www.commissionaportrait.com/media_viewer.asp?id=57&all=true]
* Rear-Admiral (Frederick) Brian Goodson CB CBE (born21 May 1938 ) - promoted 1 February 1993 and served as Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Logistics) (1993 -1996 ). After retirement, appointed Chairman, Wiltshire St John Council (1996 -2005 ).
* Rear-Admiral Rod (ney Burnett) Lees CVO (born31 December 1944 ) - promoted 21 February 1995 and served as Chief of Staff toSecond Sea Lord andCommander-in-Chief Naval Home Command (1995 -1997 ), DGNPS&P (1997 -1998 ) andDefence Services Secretary (1998 -2001 )
* Rear-Admiral Louis [John Herbert Arthur James] Armstrong CBE (born4 September 1946 ) - promoted 3 January 1996 and served atRoyal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) (1996 -1998 ). Since retirement, appointed Chief Executive,Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) - see [http://www.rics.org/AboutRICS/RICSProfessionalRegulationandConsumerProtection/RICSregulatoryreform/It%20is%20time%20for%20change.html]
* Vice-Admiral Peter (Arthur) Dunt CB (born1947 ) - promoted Rear-Admiral1997 and served as Chief of Staff toSecond Sea Lord andCommander-in-Chief Naval Home Command (1997-1999) and promoted Vice-Admiral on appointment as Chief Executive,Defence Estates (2002 - date); see [http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.building.co.uk/Pictures/small/l/h/n/CE-PHOTO.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.building.co.uk/issue.asp%3Fissuecode%3D12311&h=96&w=70&sz=2&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=NH0O4vPeJs_sjM:&tbnh=81&tbnw=59&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dadmiral%2Bpeter%2Bdunt%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DRNWH,RNWH:2005-14,RNWH:en%26sa%3DN]
* Rear-Admiral Roger (Graham) Lockwood CB (born1950 ) - promoted2000 and served as Chief of Staff toSecond Sea Lord andCommander-in-Chief Naval Home Command (2000 -2003 ) atRoyal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) (2003 -2005 ). Since retirement, appointed Chief Executive,Northern Lighthouse Board - see [http://www.nlb.org.uk/news/PR2006/PR4_2006.htm]
* Rear-Admiral Mike [Michael] Kimmons CB (born24 December 1953 ) - promoted2004 and serving as Chief of Staff (Support) toCommander-in-Chief Fleet and Chief Naval Logistics Officer - see [http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/server?show=ConMediaFile.22008&outputFormat=print] and [http://admin.royalnavy.mod.uk/server/show/ConMediaFile.21977]Sources and acknowledgements:
# "The Navy List" - 1918 to date
# "The Pusser and His Men" by Ben Warlow (Ministry of Defence (DFSD), 1984) - a short history of the Supply and Secretariat Branch of the Royal Navy; see [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/186176281X]
# Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives online (King's College, London) - see [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/info/] . It is particularly helpful in giving a brief outline of the earlier careers of some of the officers and a link is offered to readers
# "Who's Who" 1998
# "Notes on the Paymaster Branch" by Lt John H Beattie RN
# The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP) - online version accessible free with a UK Public Library ticket
# Admiral Sir Brian Brown (personal correspondence)
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