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BROOKS, Capt James Stewart (1921-1991)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0099 KCLMA Brooks

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

Title: BROOKS, Capt James Stewart (1921-1991)

Date(s): 1960, 1964-1965, 1973, 1975, 1981

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file

Name of creator(s): Brooks | James Stewart | 1921-1991 | RN Captain

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1921; served in Merchant Navy, 1939-1945; Instructor, HMS COLLINGWOOD, 1946-1949; served in Korean War as Deputy Electrical Officer, HMS KENYA, 1950-1952; worked at Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment, 1953-1955; Base Electrical Officer and Staff Electrical Officer on staff of Cdre in Charge, Hong Kong, 1955-1958; Deputy Electrical Officer, later Electrical Officer, HMS EAGLE, 1958-1959; in charge of naval section of Post-Design Division, Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment, 1959-1962; on staff of Director of Fleet Work Study and Management Services, 1962-1965; Technical Application Commander, Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment, 1966-1968; Capt, 1968; Head of Weapon Systems Tuning Group and Assistant Director General Weapons (Naval) Department, 1968-1971; Deputy Director of Fleet Maintenance, Ministry of Defence, 1971-1972, and Director of Fleet Maintenance, 1972-1973; Capt, HMS DEFIANCE and Chief Staff Officer to Flag Officer, Plymouth, 1973-1976; retired list, 1976; died in 1991.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers relating to his service in the RN, 1960-1976, dated 1960, 1964-1965, 1973 and 1981, principally comprising 'Management improvement in the Royal Navy', a report of the Fleet Management Technique Panel headed by Nigel C Willmott, Head of Fleet Work Study, Oct 1960, with related correspondence, 1964-1965; The Naval Electrical Review vol 17 no 1, Jul 1963, including 'A report on defective material or design', an article by Brooks based on his work in the naval section of the Post-Design Division, Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment, 1959-1962. Letter from A K Hall to Capt J W M Pertwee, Naval Assistant to the Naval Secretary, Ministry of Defence, regarding Hall's nomination to succeed Brooks as Capt, HMS DEFIANCE, dated 26 Aug 1975.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

1 file

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

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 Archive Services.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1992.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: Nov 1996


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Armed forces | State security
Organization and methods | Management techniques
Ships | Vehicles | Transport
Weapons | Military equipment | Equipment
Electrical engineering
International relations
Military organizations

Personal names
Brooks | James Stewart | 1921-1991 | RN Captain
Hall | A K | fl 1975 | Captain
Pertwee | J W M | fl 1975 | Captain | Naval Secretary to Naval Assistant | Ministry of Defence
Willmott | Nigel C | fl 1960 | Head of Fleet Work Study

Corporate names
HMS Defiance
RN | Royal Navy x Royal Navy

Places