The Somerville Papers

Charts the career of Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Somerville between 1936 and 1945 when he exercised the longest continuous sea command of any British Flag Officer. This collection of documents, drawn from papers held in the Churchill Archives Centre at Churchill College, Cambridge and supplemented by others from a variety of wider sources, charts the career of Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Somerville from his joining the Mediterranean Fleet as Rear Admiral (Destroyers) in 1936 to his return