HMS Belfast Anniv of Launching signed
Sir Morgan-Giles, & Ad J Black Falklands
17 Mar 08 London HMS Belfast 70th Anniversary of Launching 17th March 1938.
Personally
Signed by Admiral Sir Jeremy Black, Commanded HMS Invincible in the Falkland Conflict and was the Force Anti Air Warfare Commander
in which his Job was to control all the Sea Harriers both from HMS Invincible
and HMS Hermes to fight the air threat. .
signed by Rear Admiral Morgan Giles DSO OBE GM
Senior Naval Officer VIS 1944
Morgan-Giles
joined the China Fleet as a midshipman at 18 in 1932, serving on a variety of
ships, including Yangtze river patrol boats. He first sailed in the
training cruiser HMS Frobisher to the West Indies and the
Baltic. He was then appointed to the Australian destroyer HMAS
Voyager before serving in HMS Cumberland, HMS Suffolk and HMS Cornwall on the China Station before returning
home to join the torpedo school at HMS Vernon. He was promoted to Torpedo
Specialist in 1938.
During the
Second World War, Morgan-Giles served on HMS Arethusa during
the Norwegian Campaign in 1940,HMS Emerald escorting Atlantic
convoys, and took part in the Battle of Oran. In 1941, he was sent to the Suez
Canel, where he was in charge of the anti-magnetic mine campaign. In April of
that year, he acted as a liaison with the RAF using Wellington
bombers as torpedo bombers. During his time with 201 Group RAF at
Dekheila, he survived three serious aeroplane crashes (one of which he was the
sole survivor). Following a period of staff training at the Royal Navel
College Greenwich, Morgan-Giles was then send to the Far East as Staff Officer
Operations of Force W. There he accepted the Japanese surrender
of Thailand. Details enclosed. Certified Copy of no 4 of 10.
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