GB 0099 KCLMA Hare - HARE, Capt Richard George Windham (1910-1995)

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referentie code

GB 0099 KCLMA Hare

Titel

HARE, Capt Richard George Windham (1910-1995)

Datum(s)

  • 1924-1961 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Omvang en medium

0.3 box (0.003 cubic metres)

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Biografie

Born 1910; educated at Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth, 1924-1927; specialised in Navigation; Navigating Officer, HMS CURLEW, 1939-1940; Navigating and Signals Officer, HMS KENYA, 1940-1944; awarded OBE for General Good Service, June 1942; awarded Mention in Despatches for bravery during Malta Convoy (Operation PEDESTAL), Aug 1942; Cdr, Dec 1944; Staff Officer, (Plans) on Staff of V Adm Commanding British Naval Forces in Germany, Apr 1945; attended Staff Course and Joint Services Staff College Course, 1947-1948; Fleet Navigating Officer and Staff Officer (Operations) on the Staff of Commander in Chief, British Pacific Fleet, 1948-1949; awarded Mention in Despatches for outstanding courage and devotion to duty during the Yangtse incident, Nov 1949; Executive Officer, HMS OCEAN, 1950; Executive Officer, Royal Naval Air Station, Eglinton, Dec 1950-Dec 1952; Capt 1952; Capt of HMS VERYAN BAY and the 7th Frigate Sqn on the America and West Indies Station, 1953-1954; Chief Staff Officer (Plans) on Staff of Commander in Chief Channel and Commander in Chief Home Station, 1954-1956; served on staff of Commander Naval Forces, North Europe, 1956-1959; Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence (Organisation), 1959-1961; died 1995

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GB 0099 KCLMA Hare 1924-1961 Collection (Fonds) 0.3 box (0.003 cubic metres) Hare , Richard George Windham , 1910-1995 , Captain, RN
Born 1910; educated at Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth, 1924-1927; specialised in Navigation; Navigating Officer, HMS CURLEW, 1939-1940; Navigating and Signals Officer, HMS KENYA, 1940-1944; awarded OBE for General Good Service, June 1942; awarded Mention in Despatches for bravery during Malta Convoy (Operation PEDESTAL), Aug 1942; Cdr, Dec 1944; Staff Officer, (Plans) on Staff of V Adm Commanding British Naval Forces in Germany, Apr 1945; attended Staff Course and Joint Services Staff College Course, 1947-1948; Fleet Navigating Officer and Staff Officer (Operations) on the Staff of Commander in Chief, British Pacific Fleet, 1948-1949; awarded Mention in Despatches for outstanding courage and devotion to duty during the Yangtse incident, Nov 1949; Executive Officer, HMS OCEAN, 1950; Executive Officer, Royal Naval Air Station, Eglinton, Dec 1950-Dec 1952; Capt 1952; Capt of HMS VERYAN BAY and the 7th Frigate Sqn on the America and West Indies Station, 1953-1954; Chief Staff Officer (Plans) on Staff of Commander in Chief Channel and Commander in Chief Home Station, 1954-1956; served on staff of Commander Naval Forces, North Europe, 1956-1959; Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence (Organisation), 1959-1961; died 1995

Deposited by family, 1996

Papers of Captain Richard George Windham Hare on his naval service, 1940-1961; comprising diary of service as Navigating and Signals Officer, HMS KENYA, 1940-1944, in North Atlantic, Western Approaches, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific, described by Hare as "mostly dull..with some surprising observations"; narrative account, covering Aug 1940 - Mar 1942; photographs of ships served in by Hare including HMS EMERALD, 1928 and HMS KENYA, and group photograph of the Joint Staff Service Course, 1947; printed pamphlet on war service of HMS KENYA, 1940-1945; typescript memoir of naval service, 1924-1950, including personal account of the Yangtse incident involving HMS AMETHYST; booklet Some Old Hoods Remember - Hood Term, RNC Dartmouth, 1924-1927, Sixty Years on with contributions by Hare, R Adm Sir Edmund George Irving, Bill King, Ernest Naish, Nigel Pumphrey, John Rathbone, Barrie Rowe, John Smallwood, Adelbert Turner, Adm Sir Frank Roddam Twiss and Brooks Walford; Admiralty letter on Hare's retirement, giving outline of his career, Mar 1961

Six files, mainly chronological arrangement

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
English

Sources - Navy Lists, biographical information in papers. Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Aug 2001 Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945) China East Asia Hare , Richard George Windham , 1910-1995 , Captain, RN HMS Amethyst HMS Kenya International conflicts Irving , Sir , Edmund George , 1910-1990 , Knight , Rear Admiral RN , Royal Navy x Royal Navy Twiss , Sir , Frank Roddam , 1910-1994 , Knight , Admiral War World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Yangtze, river Wars (events)

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Deposited by family, 1996

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Papers of Captain Richard George Windham Hare on his naval service, 1940-1961; comprising diary of service as Navigating and Signals Officer, HMS KENYA, 1940-1944, in North Atlantic, Western Approaches, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific, described by Hare as "mostly dull..with some surprising observations"; narrative account, covering Aug 1940 - Mar 1942; photographs of ships served in by Hare including HMS EMERALD, 1928 and HMS KENYA, and group photograph of the Joint Staff Service Course, 1947; printed pamphlet on war service of HMS KENYA, 1940-1945; typescript memoir of naval service, 1924-1950, including personal account of the Yangtse incident involving HMS AMETHYST; booklet Some Old Hoods Remember - Hood Term, RNC Dartmouth, 1924-1927, Sixty Years on with contributions by Hare, R Adm Sir Edmund George Irving, Bill King, Ernest Naish, Nigel Pumphrey, John Rathbone, Barrie Rowe, John Smallwood, Adelbert Turner, Adm Sir Frank Roddam Twiss and Brooks Walford; Admiralty letter on Hare's retirement, giving outline of his career, Mar 1961

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Six files, mainly chronological arrangement

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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

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Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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