| Entry Text: | HILL, Richard. Lewin of Greenwich: The Authorised Biography of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Lewin. 443p., illus., index. London: Cassell, 2000. ISBN: 0304353299.
The biography of one of Britain's most loved post-war admirals. He joined the navy as a Special Entry Cadet in January 1939. At the start of the war he joined Belfast and after her mining, Valiant. In October 1941 he joined Highlander as a sub lieutenant but within a few weeks contracted diphtheria. On his recovery he was appointed to Ashanti and served on her for three happy years. He saw Arctic convoys, the Pedestal convoy, the Torch landings, and Channel sweeps and earned a DSC and no less than three mentions in despatches while rising to be First Lieutenant. At the end of 1944 he joined the Long Gunnery Course where he was serving at war's end. |
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