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In Which They Served: The Royal Navy Officer Experience in the Second World War

In Which They Served: The Royal Navy Officer Experience in the Second World War

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    In Which They Served: The Royal Navy Officer Experience in the Second World War by Brian Lavery
    FIRST EDITION.  Hard cover
    .  Naval Institute Press, 2008.  384
    pages.  Photographs.  Fine
    book
    in fine dust jacket.  Great copy!
    During WW2 the Royal Navy had to expand more than sevenfold and to find officers for this force it had to move well outside its normal supply of boys trained from the age of 13. As a result yachtsmen were recruited and sent to sea, along with possible officers who served first as ordinary seamen. Selected men were then sent to officer training in Brighton for three months and, if they were to serve on convoy escort, to the Western Isles. The author looks at the social background of British wartime naval recruits, training methods, the personal experiences of those involved and what they had to learn to become an officer of the watch on the bridge of a warship, or even the captain of a landing craft attacking the beaches of Normandy, Italy and North Africa. The book draws widely from personal experiences of those who served and presents a rich collection of wry quotes and anecdotes.
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