WWI Naval Bibliography

Naval Biography - Papers (English)

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• Alexander, Eric Adam Jellicoe: a flawed investment, in
  The Mariner's Mirror, August 2003.
  Of interest to anyone interested in the family of Admiral Earl Jellicoe -- Adam Jellicoe was his great-great-grandfather.
• Brown, David K. Sir Stanley V. Goodall, KCB, OBE, RCNC in
  McLean, David and Preston, Antony (editors) WARSHIP 1997-1998 (volume XXI)
  Conway Maritime Press, 1997.
• Brown, David K. Sir William White KCB, FRS, LLD, DSc in
  Anthony Preston (editor) Warship 2000-2001
  Conway Maritime Press, 2000.
  A brief look at the man who between 1885 and 1901 was responsible for 43 battleships, 26 armoured cruisers, 102 smaller cruisers and 74 miscellaneous warships.
• Callo, Rear-Admiral Joseph F. 'Let's Get the Yale Gang' in
  the United States Naval Institute Proceedings,
  September 2001
  A look at the "initial volunteer college group to enter the World War I U. s. naval aviation arena."
• Davison, Robert L. Striking a Balance Between Dissent and Discipline: Admiral Sir Reginald Drax in
  The Northern Mariner/le Marin du Nord, April 2003 (the journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society)
  A very interesting paper that not only looks at Drax, but other intellectual RN officers of the 1914-1945 era.
• Gimblett, Richard H. Admiral Sir Charles E. Kingsmill: Forgotten Father in
  Whitby, Michael, Richard H. Gimblett and Peter Haydon The Admirals - Canada's Senior Naval Leadership in the Twentieth Century
  Dundurn Press, Toronto, 2006.
• Glover, William Commodore Walter Hose: Ordinary Officer, Extraordinary Endeavour in
  Whitby, Michael, Richard H. Gimblett and Peter Haydon The Admirals - Canada's Senior Naval Leadership in the Twentieth Century
  Dundurn Press, Toronto, 2006.
• Goldrick, J. V. P. (editor) Selections from the Memoirs and Correspondence of Captain James Bernard Foley, CBE, RAN (1896 - 1974) in
  Rodger, N. A. M. (editor), The Naval Miscellany
  Navy Records Society, 1984.
  Captain Foley saw service in HMAS Australia in the Grand Fleet.
• Gottschall, Terrell Officer Training in the Prussian Navy: The Professionalization of the Naval Officer Corps in the 1860s in
  Journal of Naval History, April 2002.
  It may be read online.
• Hagan, Kenneth J.. The Critic Within in Naval History(published by the United States Naval Institute), December 1998.
  A summary of the career of Admiral William S. Sims (USN).
• Halpern, Paul G. (editor) De Robeck and the Dardanelles Campaign in
  Rodger, N. A. M. (editor), The Naval Miscellany
  Navy Records Society, 1984.
• Halpern, Paul G. (editor) Dudley Pound in the Grand Fleet 1914-15 in
  Duffy, Michael (editor), The Naval Miscellany, Volume VI,
  Navy Records Society Volume 146 (Ashgate Publishing, 2003).
• Houghton, F. L. A Sailor's Life for Me!, in
  Salty Dips, volume 7 - published by the Naval Officers' Assocation of Canada
• Jamieson, Alan G. Martyr or Pirate? The Case of Captain Fryatt in the Great War, in
  The Mariner's Mirror, volume 85, number 2 (1999).
• Johnson, Hubert C. Anglo-American Naval Inventors, 1890-1919: Last of a Breed in
  Journal of Naval History, April 2002.
  It may be read online.
• Jones, Edgar, and Neil Greenburg Royal Naval Psychiatry: Organization, Methods and Outcomes, 1900-1945 in
  The Mariner's Mirror, May 2006.
• Jones, Mary 'Handsome Willie May': A Reappraisal, in
  The Mariner's Mirror, August 2003.
  A favourable look at Admiral Sir William May, RN.
• Karsten, Peter The "Naval Aristocracy" and the "Young Turks" of the Fin de Siecle: A Dotting of the "I"s and Crossing of the "T"s in
  The Journal of Military History, October 2002.
  A 'note' by the author of The Naval Aristocracy on the officer ranks of the USN.
• Kennerley, Alston Writing the History of Merchant Seafarer Education, Training and Welfare: Retrospect and Prospect, in
  The Northern Mariner/Le Marin du Nord, April 2002.
• Mäenpää, Sari From Pea Soup to Hors d'oeuvres: The Status of the Cook on British Merchant Ships, in
  The Northern Mariner/Le Marin du Nord, April 2001.
• Marder, Arthur J. Admiral Sir John Fisher: A Reappraisal in Proceedings(journal of the United States Naval Institute), Vol 68 Number 469, March, 1941.
• McDonald, Kendall Dusy Miller's Secret War in Diver, September 1998 (part 1) and October 1998 (part 2)
  The story of the hardhat diver who explored several sunken U-boats, often within a few days of their loss.
• Murray, Sir Oswyn A. R. The Admiralty, in
  The Mariners' Mirror, Volume 23 (1937) Numbers 1, 2, 3; Volume 24 (1938) Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4; Volume 25 (1939) 1, 2, 3.
  Sir Oswyn Murray was one of the best known Secretaries of the British Admiralty, and contributed this multi-part paper on the history of Admiralty administration to The Mariners' Mirror. The last sections deal with the era of the Great War.
• Romans, Elinor The Internal Economy of the Royal Navy in the Twentieth Century, in
  The Mariner's Mirror, February 2008.
• Smith, Professor Douglas V. Preparing for War: Naval Education Between the World Wars in
  Journal of Naval History, April 2002.
  USN officer training: it may be read online.
• Still, William N. 'Everybody Sick with the Flu', in
  Naval History (from the USNI), April 2002.
  A look at the great influenze epidemic of 1918 and it's effect on the USN and new recruits.
• Walton, Oliver (editor) The Journal of Louis Parsons, 1882-1901 in
  Duffy, Michael (editor), The Naval Miscellany, Volume VI,
  Navy Records Society Volume 146 (Ashgate Publishing, 2003).

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