Author: Lavery, B.,
Title: IN WHICH THEY SERVED - The Royal Navy Officer Experience in the Second World War.
Description: Conway, London, ND (circa 2009), reprint, 384pp, 32pp half tone photo ills., line drawings, map and diagrams in text, half tone photo pictorial endpapers, black cloth lettered in silver at spine, half tone photo pictorial dustwrapper, an account of the recruitment of Naval Officers to the Royal Navy during WW2, in the first instance by almost direct entry as gentlemen sailors, yachtsmen briefly instructed in naval discipine, and subsequently via the CW candidates, ratings who had shown officer-like qualities during basic training who were sent to sea as Ordinary Seamen before undergoing intensive instruction at HMS King Alfred, a highly successful system at first scorned by regular officers and reserve officers alike but essential to meet the required sevenfold expansion of ships and personnel, based on the personal experiences of many of those who served, examining their social background and the methods of training, lightly rubbed at tips, edges tanned, dustwrapper: lightly rubbed and creased at extrems., very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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