GB 0099 KCLMA Wildish H W - WILDISH, Engineer R Adm Sir Henry William (1884-1973)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Wildish H W 2001 (1884-1973) Collection (Fonds) 1 volume Wildish , Denis Bryan Harvey , b. 1914 , Vice Admiral
R Adm Sir Henry William Wildish: born 1883; educated at Royal Naval Engineering College, Keyham and Royal Naval College, Greenwich; Engineer Sub Lt 1904; HMS NILE 1905-1906; HMS HERMES, 1906-1907; Engineer Lt 1907; Assistant to Engineer Captain, Nore Division, 1908-1912; HMS DUNCAN 1912-1914; Senior Engineer, HMS SUTLEJ, 1914-1915; Engineer Lt Cdr 1915; Senior Engineer, HMS KING ALFRED, 1915-1916; Chief Engineer, HMS SPRINGBOK 1916-1919; Engineer Officer, Malta, 1919-1923; Engineer Cdr 1921; Engineer Officer, HMS CANTERBURY, 1923-1925; Engineer Officer, HMS DILIGENCE, 1925; Engineer Officer, HMS WEYMOUTH, 1925-1926; Engineer Officer in charge, Admiralty Fuel Experimental Station, Haslar, 1926-1928; Engineer Officer, HMS FURIOUS, 1928-1931; Engineer Capt 1930; Engineer Manager, HM Dockyard, Gibraltar, 1930-1934; Fleet Engineer Officer, Mediterranean Fleet, 1934-1936; Admiralty Engineer Overseer, Northern District, 1936-1937; Engineer R Adm, 1937; Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Nore Command, 1937-1941; CBE, 1939; Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches, 1941-1945; CB, 1942; retired 1945; KBE, 1946; died 1973.

Presented by V Adm D B H Wildish, 2001

Copy of unpublished memoir, 'The Life of Engineer Rear Admiral Sir Henry Wildish aka The Rogue Elephant, 1884-1973', by his son, V Adm Sir Denis Bryan Harvey Wildish, covering his Naval career, 1901-1945, including chapters on his early life and training; sea service aboard HMSs NILE, HERMES, DUNCAN, 1905-1914; service in World War One as Senior Engineer of the heavy cruiser, HMS SUTLEJ, attached to 11th Cruiser Squadron based at Queenstown 1914-1915, as Senior Engineer of the heavy cruiser HMS KING ALFRED, Flagship of the 6th Cruiser Squadron, mainly engaged in patrol duties off the African coast, and as Chief Engineer of the destroyer HMS SPRINGBOK, attached to the Harwich Light Forces, 1916-1919; inter-war sea service as Engineer Officer of HMSs DILIGENCE, 1925, WEYMOUTH, 1925-1926, and FURIOUS, 1928-1931, and shore appointments particularly as Engineer Officer in Charge. Admiralty Fuel Experimental Station. Haslar, 1926-1928; service in World War Two as Engineer Admiral on the Staff of Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Nore Command, 1937-1941and as Command Engineer Officer on the Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches, Adm Sir Max Kennedy Horton, 1941-1945; Appendices include copies of his Confidential Reports (flimsies), 1904-1945; correspondence on Wildish's concept of a petrol fuelled internal combustion engine for torpedoes and submarines when submerged; details of the Stefco-Wildish Patent Two Stage Steam Dryer and the Wildish firebrick and bolt.

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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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Copy also presented to the Imperial War Museum, London

LIDDELL HART CENTRE FOR MILITARY ARCHIVES, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON also holds V Adm Sir Denis Bryan Harvey Wildish's unpublished memoir 'D.B.H.W.' covering his life and naval career 1917-1999 (Ref GB 0099 KCLMA Wildish D B H )

IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON (GB 0062) holds R Adm Sir Henry William Wildish's (1884-1973) correspondence and papers regarding his invention of a petrol engine torpedo 1912-1927; correspondence relating to 'damage control in ships', 1942; statistics relating to RN vessels out of action at Londonderry, Greenock and Liverpool bases 1941-1945; copy article by Wildish, `Some maintenance aspects of the Western Approaches Command in the Second World War', published in Journal of Naval Engineering, Vol 4 No 1, 1950; account of labour problems in shipyard control in the Clyde area, Scotland 1941-1945

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 Armed forces HMS Canterbury HMS Diligence HMS Duncan HMS Furious HMS Hermes HMS King Alfred HMS Nile HMS Springbok HMS Sutlej HMS Weymouth Horton , Sir Max Kennedy , 1883-1951 , Knight , Admiral International conflicts International relations Military organizations Organizations RN , Royal Navy x Royal Navy State security War Wildish , Sir , Henry William Wildish , Knight , Rear Admiral World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Wars (events)

Presented by V Adm D B H Wildish, 2001

Copy of unpublished memoir, 'The Life of Engineer Rear Admiral Sir Henry Wildish aka The Rogue Elephant, 1884-1973', by his son, V Adm Sir Denis Bryan Harvey Wildish, covering his Naval career, 1901-1945, including chapters on his early life and training; sea service aboard HMSs NILE, HERMES, DUNCAN, 1905-1914; service in World War One as Senior Engineer of the heavy cruiser, HMS SUTLEJ, attached to 11th Cruiser Squadron based at Queenstown 1914-1915, as Senior Engineer of the heavy cruiser HMS KING ALFRED, Flagship of the 6th Cruiser Squadron, mainly engaged in patrol duties off the African coast, and as Chief Engineer of the destroyer HMS SPRINGBOK, attached to the Harwich Light Forces, 1916-1919; inter-war sea service as Engineer Officer of HMSs DILIGENCE, 1925, WEYMOUTH, 1925-1926, and FURIOUS, 1928-1931, and shore appointments particularly as Engineer Officer in Charge. Admiralty Fuel Experimental Station. Haslar, 1926-1928; service in World War Two as Engineer Admiral on the Staff of Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Nore Command, 1937-1941and as Command Engineer Officer on the Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches, Adm Sir Max Kennedy Horton, 1941-1945; Appendices include copies of his Confidential Reports (flimsies), 1904-1945; correspondence on Wildish's concept of a petrol fuelled internal combustion engine for torpedoes and submarines when submerged; details of the Stefco-Wildish Patent Two Stage Steam Dryer and the Wildish firebrick and bolt.

Single volume

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.

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English

LIDDELL HART CENTRE FOR MILITARY ARCHIVES, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON also holds V Adm Sir Denis Bryan Harvey Wildish's unpublished memoir 'D.B.H.W.' covering his life and naval career 1917-1999 (Ref GB 0099 KCLMA Wildish D B H )

Copy also presented to the Imperial War Museum, London

IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON (GB 0062) holds R Adm Sir Henry William Wildish's (1884-1973) correspondence and papers regarding his invention of a petrol engine torpedo 1912-1927; correspondence relating to 'damage control in ships', 1942; statistics relating to RN vessels out of action at Londonderry, Greenock and Liverpool bases 1941-1945; copy article by Wildish, `Some maintenance aspects of the Western Approaches Command in the Second World War', published in Journal of Naval Engineering, Vol 4 No 1, 1950; account of labour problems in shipyard control in the Clyde area, Scotland 1941-1945

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.

• English