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CORSON, Commander Peter Francis Reid (1925-2007)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Corson

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

Title: CORSON, Commander Peter Francis Reid (1925-2007)

Date(s): 1905-1963

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Corson | Peter Francis Reid | 1925-2007 | Commander

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1925; Cadet, Royal Navy, 1943; Midshipman, 1944; Lieutenant, 1945; Destroyer Gunnery Officer, 1949; Lieutenant Commander, 1953; Commander, 1959; died 2007.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Published memoir by Cdr Peter Francis Reid Corson: Call the Middle Watch: An Account of Life at Sea in the Royal Navy 1905 to 1963 (Pentland Press, Edinburgh, 1997), narrating the naval career of his father, R Adm Eric Reid Corson (1887-1972), 1905-1941, and Cdr P F R Corson's own naval career, 1943-1963. Includes R Adm E R Corson's letters home, sketches and notes from Port Arthur, China, 1905, the West Indies, 1910, the Persian Gulf, 1913-1914, and the British Grand Fleet, 1916. Also Cdr P F R Corson's memoirs of service with the Eastern Fleet, 1944-1945, in the Persian Gulf, 1946-1948, the Malayan Emergency, 1948, Malta and Gibraltar, 1949-1950, Norfolk, Virginia, USA, 1950, service as trainer, Boys Training Squadron, Rosyth, Scotland, 1952-1954, service as naval respresentative, Joint Planning Staff, Middle East, Cyprus, 1956-1958, commanding HMS RUSSELL, Fishery Protection Squad, Iceland, 1958-1962; commanding HMS BARROSA, Radar Picket ship, Far East, 1962-1968.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

1 volume.

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification.

Conditions governing reproduction:

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 Archives and Information Management.

Finding aids:

No further finding aids.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by the family, Dec 2007.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Katharine Higgon.

Date(s) of descriptions: Apr 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Memoirs | Documents | Information sources
Naval history | History
Naval operations | Military operations | Military engineering
World War One (1914-1918) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
Primary documents

Personal names
Corson | Peter Francis Reid | 1925-2007 | Commander

Corporate names
RN | Royal Navy x Royal Navy

Places
China | East Asia
Cyprus | Western Europe | Europe
Gibraltar | Western Europe | Europe
Iceland | Northern Europe | Western Europe | Europe
Malta | Western Europe | Europe
USA | North America