Entry Text: | LITTLER, John Caldecott. Sea Fever. [xii], 316, [16]p., illus., index. Victoria, B.C.: Kiwi, 1995. ISBN: 0968037003.
Littler qualified as a Master Mariner in 1937 and his merchant career occupies the first half of this memoir. In 1940 he joined the RCNVR and in mid-1941 took command of the new corvette Brandon. After two arduous years in the Atlantic he moved to the sea training base at Pictou. In April 1944 he joined Belfast for D-Day then went as Navigating Officer to Uganda where he saw out the war before continuing a distinguished career in the RCN ending in 1962. |
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