| Entry Text: | LOMBARD-HOBSON, Sam. A Sailor's War. 175p. London: Orbis; New York: St. Martin's, 1983. ISBN: 0856135291.
The autobiography of a career officer. He was First Lieutenant of Whitshed in 1939–40 until she was seriously damaged in the Fall of France. He then served as First on Southdown, before taking command of Guillemot in mid-1941 with Nicholas Monsarrat as his First Lieutenant. After East Coast convoy work he stood by Rockwood before she served in the Mediterranean and Aegean. He brought her home damaged in early 1944 and the book ends as he goes to Staff College. A good tale. |
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