The Royal Marines and the war at sea 1939-45

Combining personal narrative with strategical, tactical and technical analysis, this book is centred on the career of the author's great-uncle, Colour Sergeant Albert 'Nobby' Elliott, who saw active service in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic and Indian Oceans. He was Mentioned in...

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Main Author: Watts, M.
Format: Book
Language:unknown
Published: Amberley Publishing 2018
Subjects:
Arctic
Battleship
Boxing
Elliott
Indian
Nobby
Pacific
Online Access:https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/88w15/the-royal-marines-and-the-war-at-sea-1939-45
https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/download/b9071308ca5a2c65807996bc6fde183ed4cede4439ccbd6e01e579b5d4d6ccff/1534373/Booklaunch%20Martin%20Watts%20%28002%29.pdf
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spelling ftucanterburyuk:oai:repository.canterbury.ac.uk:88w15 2023-05-15T14:59:39+02:00 The Royal Marines and the war at sea 1939-45 Watts, M. 2018 https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/88w15/the-royal-marines-and-the-war-at-sea-1939-45 https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/download/b9071308ca5a2c65807996bc6fde183ed4cede4439ccbd6e01e579b5d4d6ccff/1534373/Booklaunch%20Martin%20Watts%20%28002%29.pdf unknown Amberley Publishing https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/download/b9071308ca5a2c65807996bc6fde183ed4cede4439ccbd6e01e579b5d4d6ccff/1534373/Booklaunch%20Martin%20Watts%20%28002%29.pdf book 2018 ftucanterburyuk 2022-04-25T12:11:37Z Combining personal narrative with strategical, tactical and technical analysis, this book is centred on the career of the author's great-uncle, Colour Sergeant Albert 'Nobby' Elliott, who saw active service in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic and Indian Oceans. He was Mentioned in Despatches at the Second battle of Sirte, took part in Operation Torch, and was a gun layer in HMS Jamaica when she took part in the sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst on Boxing Day 1943.Nobby finished the war recovering Allied prisoners of war from the south-west Pacific, and was present at the surrender of Japanese forces while on board HMS Glory. Book Arctic Canterbury Christ Church University: CReaTE (Canterbury Research and Theses Environment) Arctic Battleship ENVELOPE(-160.917,-160.917,-76.917,-76.917) Boxing ENVELOPE(-61.691,-61.691,-64.586,-64.586) Elliott ENVELOPE(102.867,102.867,-65.867,-65.867) Indian Nobby ENVELOPE(-34.633,-34.633,-55.033,-55.033) Pacific
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description Combining personal narrative with strategical, tactical and technical analysis, this book is centred on the career of the author's great-uncle, Colour Sergeant Albert 'Nobby' Elliott, who saw active service in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Arctic and Indian Oceans. He was Mentioned in Despatches at the Second battle of Sirte, took part in Operation Torch, and was a gun layer in HMS Jamaica when she took part in the sinking of the German battleship Scharnhorst on Boxing Day 1943.Nobby finished the war recovering Allied prisoners of war from the south-west Pacific, and was present at the surrender of Japanese forces while on board HMS Glory.
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Battleship
Boxing
Elliott
Indian
Nobby
Pacific
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Boxing
Elliott
Indian
Nobby
Pacific
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