Derek Law's Bibliography

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Entry Text: DUCKWORTH, Arthur C. With Zeal and Ability: A Personal Record 1896–1945. iv, 100p., illus. [Fordingbridge]: Geoffrey Duckworth, 1998.

The privately printed autobiography of a senior paymaster. In 1939 he took over various Scottish RAF stations and converted them to Fleet Air Arm bases. Late in 1942 he moved to Warspite and served with her in the Eastern Fleet then later the Mediterranean. In May 1944 he moved ashore to the Naval Control Commission for Germany and latterly was Command Supply Officer Germany before retirement.