| Entry Text: | WARNER, Derek Hamilton. A Steward's Life in the Royal Navy (1943–1961). 106p., illus. Ilfracombe: Stockwell, 1990. ISBN: 0722324391.
Warner volunteered in 1943 and after training joined Renown late in the year. Early in 1944 he was drafted to Black Prince. He gravitated to a Combined Operations base and at the end of the year joined Frolic. In August 1945 he joined a tank landing craft. His career took him steadily through the ranks. The book is full of the skills required of a steward. His 1949 report said "Honest and hard–working, but outside his duties has the intelligence of a child." The book bears this out. |
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