At All Costs (38 page)
Charles Henry Walker (veteran, HMS
Ledbury
)
ROYAL NAVY LETTERS OF PROCEEDING, FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, LONDON
Operation Pedestal
Rear Admiral Harold Burrough, Commander, Force X
Admiral R. Leatham, Vice Admiral, Malta
Rear Admiral A. L. St. G. Lyster, Commander, Fleet Air Arm
Air Vice Marshal Keith Park, Commanding Air Officer, RAF Mediterranean
Acting Vice Admiral Neville Syfret, Commander of the Fleet
HMS
Ashanti:
Commander R. G. Onslow
HMS
Bramham:
Lieutenant Eddie Baines
HMS
Cairo:
Commander C. C. Hardy
HMS
Eagle:
Captain Lachlan D. Mackintosh
HMS
Eskimo:
Commander E. G. Le Geyt
HMS
Furious
(Operation Bellows): Captain T. O. Bulteel
HMS
Indomitable:
Captain Tom Troubridge
HMS
Ithuriel:
Lieutenant Commander D. H. Maitland-Makgill-Crichton
HMS
Kenya:
Captain A. S. Russell
HMS
Ledbury:
Lieutenant Commander Roger Hill
HMS
Manchester:
Sub-Lieutenant F. H. Munro
HMS
Nigeria:
Captain S. H. Paton
HMS
Pathfinder:
Commander E. A. Gibbs
HMS
Penn:
Lieutenant Commander J. H. Swain
HMS
Somali:
Commander E. N. Currey
HMS
Wolverine:
Lieutenant Commander Peter Gretton
SS
Almeria Lykes:
Lieutenant Commander H.D.S. Marshall, liaison officer
SS
Brisbane Star:
Lieutenant E. D. Symes, liaison officer
SS
Clan Ferguson:
Mr. A. H. Black, second officer
SS
Deucalion:
Captain Ramsay Brown
SS
Dorset:
Captain Jack Tuckett
SS
Dorset:
Lieutenant P. T. Bernard, liaison officer
SS
Empire Hope:
Captain Gwilym Williams
SS
Glenorchy:
Mr. B. H. Skilling, second officer
SS
Melbourne Star:
(signature illegible), liaison officer
SS
Ohio:
Lieutenant D. E. Barton, liaison officer
SS
Port Chalmers:
A. G. Venables, commander (RN retired), Commodore of the Merchant Fleet
SS
Rochester Castle:
Captain Richard Wren
SS
Rochester Castle:
Lieutenant E. J. Reisfield, liaison officer
SS
Santa Elisa:
Lieutenant Commander A. Barnes, liaison officer
SS
Waimarama:
Mr. John Jackson, third wireless operator
SS
Wairangi:
Captain H. R. Gordon
Boarding of Italian Submarine
HMS
Ithuriel:
Lieutenant J. R. Evans
Operation Statue (the towing of
Ohio
by tugboats)
HMS
Robust
: Commander H. J. Jerome
J. P. Pilditch, commander (RN retired), Assistant King’s Harbour Master
Operation Harpoon/Vigorous
Admiral Henry Harwood, Commander in Chief, Mediterranean
HMS
Cairo:
Acting Captain C. C. Hardy
HMS
Partridge:
Lieutenant Commander W. A. Hawkins
SS
Kentucky:
Captain C. J. Roberts
SS
Kentucky:
Lieutenant Huntley, liaison officer
SS
Troilus:
J. P. Pilditch, commander (retired), Commodore of the Convoy
Operation Hats
HMS
Illustrious:
Captain Denis Boyd
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
S
AM
M
OSES
is the author of the acclaimed race-driving memoir
Fast Guys, Rich Guys and Idiots.
He began writing as a U.S. Navy seaman on a heavy cruiser in action off Vietnam, and was for eighteen years a feature writer for
Sports Illustrated.
He lives with his two sons in White Salmon, Washington.
ALSO BY SAM MOSES
Fast Guys, Rich Guys and Idiots
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The Malta Convoy
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Moses, Sam
At all costs: how a crippled ship and two American merchant mariners turned the tide of World War II / by Sam Moses.
p. cm.
1. World War, 1939–1945—Campaigns—Mediterranean Sea. 2. World War, 1939–1945—Transportation—Mediterranean Sea. 3. World War, 1939–1945—Naval operations, American. 4. World War, 1939–1945—Naval operations, British. 5. Merchant marine—United States—History. 6. Naval convoys—Mediterranean Sea—History. 7. Larsen, Frederick August, 1915– 8. Dales, Francis. 9. World War, 1939–1945—Norway. I. Title.
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