TREWBY, V Adm Sir (George Francis) Allan (1917-2001)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0099 KCLMA Trewby
Held at	: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma ›
Full title	: TREWBY, V Adm Sir (George Francis) Allan (1917-2001)
Date(s)	: Created 1954-1955, 1962-1987
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 3 files and 1 volume
Name of creator(s)	: Trewby | George Francis Allan | 1917-2001 | Knight | Vice Admiral

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1917; educated at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Royal Naval Engineering College, Keyham and Royal Naval College, Greenwich; Naval Cadet, Dartmouth, 1931; served in HMS FROBISHER, HMS BARHAM; transferred to engineering branch, 1935; served in HMS NELSON, HMS DUKE OF YORK and HMS DIDO, [1939-1945]; Engineer Officer, HMS CADIZ; Cdr, 1950; Officer-in-Charge, Gas Turbine Section, Department of the Engineer-in-Chief of the Fleet, Admiralty, 1951-1954; Engineer Officer, HMS ALBION, [1954-1956]; Director of Engineering, Royal Naval Engineering College, Plymouth, 1956-[1959]; Engineer Capt, 1959; Assistant Director of Marine Engineering, Ship Department, Admiralty, 1959-[1963]; Commanding Officer, HMS SULTAN, 1963-1964; Captain of Naval Base, Portland, 1966-1968; R Adm, 1968; Naval ADC to Queen Elizabeth II, 1968; Assistant Controller (Polaris), Ministry of Defence, 1968-1971; V Adm, 1971; Chief of Fleet Support and Member of Board of Admiralty, 1971-1974; died 2001.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Unpublished typescript memoir 'Naval Career of Vice-Admiral Sir Allan Trewby', including descriptions of training as a cadet and at the Royal Naval Engineering College, Keyham, 1931-1939; service during World War Two, including mine sweeping in Scotland, training at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich, transporting Prime Minister Winston Churchill to Norfolk, Virginia, USA, for meetings, and service on a cruiser patrolling the Mediterranean; work in the Gas Turbine section, Admiralty, and as Assistant Director of Marine Engineering, Amiralty 1951-1962; service as Captain of HMS SULTAN, 1963-1964; work as Assistant Controller, Polaris, 1968-1971, and work as Chief of Fleet Support, 1971-1974. Papers relating to his work with naval gas turbines, dated 1954-1955, 1962-1963, notably including Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, vol 77 no 4, May 1955, Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Series A: Journal of Engineering for Power, vol 85 no1, Jan 1963, and Transactions of the Institute of Marine Engineers, vol 66 no 6, Jun 1954, all including articles by Trewby on British naval gas turbines; 'Marine gas turbines in the Royal Navy', printed text of lecture given by Trewby at the Institute of Marine Engineers International Conference, May 1962.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

3 files and 1 volume.

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form and provision 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 Archive Services.

Finding aids:

Summary guide entry.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the Centre by Trewby in 1985. Memoir presented 2002

Allied Materials

Related material:

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Date(s) of descriptions:
Jul 1997, Apr 2008