A bloody-minded sailor

Autobiography from a career officer who began the war in Nelson, moved to Manchester in 1940, then became a Signals Officer on Medway in Alexandria. He was sunk in Huntley in 1941 then served as a Flag Lieutenant. This was followed by brief service in Renown, Malaya, and Eagle as a staff Signals Officer based at Gibraltar, then time on the staff of the Liverpool Escort Force. Further attachments followed to the Mulberry project then Londonderry before he saw out the war in the East Indies. His soubriquet appears well-earned.