| Entry Text: | FOX, Hubert C. Man of the Sea: Vere Wight-Boycott. [xiii], 197p., illus. Southampton: Pearson & Lloyd, 1995. ISBN: 1899550046.
A selection from his letters and diaries. He went to Dartmouth in 1925 and by 1939 was First Lieutenant of Delight. He served with her through the Norwegian Campaign until her sinking in the Channel in June 1940. In September he took over the Town Class destroyer Roxborough and spent almost two years with her on Atlantic convoys. In September 1942 he took over Ilex, then refitting in Charleston and served with her for the invasions of Sicily and Italy. Early in 1944 he moved to a staff post in the planning of Neptune and he landed in Normandy on D-Day. He retired in 1961 at the top of the Captains List. |
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