| Entry Text: | PUGSLEY, A. F. Destroyer Man, by A.F. Pugsley in collaboration with Captain Donald Macintyre. 224p., illus. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1957.
An autobiography. The author began the war in command of Javelin in home waters, then came Norway, Dunkirk and a badly damaged ship in a destroyer action in the Channel. He went on to command Fearless in Force H, Malta convoys, and the sinking of his ship. He next took command of the new destroyer Paladin, which joined the Eastern Fleet and served in the assault on Madagascar and a Malta convoy from Alexandria. He then joined the Mediterranean fleet in command of 14DF in Jervis. This was followed by command of one of the naval forces in the Neptune landings, liaison with the Canadians on the clearance of the Scheldt, naval force command of the Walcheren landing, and naval cooperation with the left flank of the Allied Army. Finally as Captain(D) of 19DF he took over the new destroyer Trafalgar to sail for the Far East, just as the war ended. A full life and a good book. |
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