| Entry Text: | DE CHAIR, Henry Graham. Let Go Aft: The Indiscretions of a Salthorse. [iv], 195p., illus. Tunbridge Wells: Parapress, 1993. ISBN: 1898594023. About one-third of the book covers WWII. In 1939 he was Captain of Thracian in Hong Kong and served there until January 1941 when he returned to the UK. In May he took over Vimy, mainly on the Gibraltar run and then in the South Atlantic. In the spring of 1943 he became First Lieutenant and Training Officer at King Alfred. In early 1944 he moved to Mountbatten’s staff in SEAC. This was soon followed by command of Venus in late 1944 and she soon sailed to join the East Indies Fleet and take part in the sinking of the Haguro and the ending of the war in the Far East. A rather patchy account. |
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