Harold Martin Burrough

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Admiral SIR Harold Martin Burrough, G.C.B., K.B.E., D.S.O., Royal Navy (4 July, 1888 – 22 October, 1977) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of Reverend C. Burrough.

Burrough was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 May, 1909.

Burrough was appointed to the light cruiser Southampton as gunnery officer on 12 May, 1916. This fortuitous timing had him in her at the Battle of Jutland.

Burrough served as First Lieutenant and Gunnery Officer of Indomitable from 13 August, 1917 to 21 November, 1918.

Burrough was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 May, 1917.

Post-War

Burrough was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1921.

Burrough was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1928.

World War II

Burrough was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 1 August, 1939.

Burrough was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 30 October, 1942.

Burrough was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 25 September, 1945.

Placed on the Retired List on 3 February, 1949.

Papers

Microfilm copy of a collection of papers consisting of letters, reports, memoranda, articles, transcriptions and press cuttings relating to his service at Jutland, during the Spanish Civil War and in the Second World War, including a report on Demonstrations at Naval Tactical School on the Battle of Jutland (1934); ts remarks on the Battle of Jutland by Admiral of the Fleet the Earl Mountbatten of Burma (19pp, 1967); ts letter written to his mother describing the Battle of Jutland (June 1916); file entitled ‘North Spain 1936 II – Situation Reports, Signals etc, Appreciations’; articles relating to the Malta Convoys of September 1941 and August 1942 and the Vaagso Raid; a printed report written by him on Ocean Escort of Convoy PQ3, Operation ‘AR’ and Ocean Escort of Convoy QP3 (December 1941) and further reports on PQ11, QP8, PQ15, PQ16 and QP12; ts notes for a press conference given by him whilst serving as Allied Naval Commander in Chief, Expeditionary Force (1945) and Germany (1946); and a ts letter from him to Lady Burrough regarding the German surrender (May 1945).

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Isham W. Gibson
as Assistant Director of Training and Staff Duties
Deputy Director of Training and Staff Duties
24 Dec, 1928
Succeeded by
Hubert Ardill
Preceded by
Richard B. Davies
Captain of H.M.S. London
24 Oct, 1930[1] – Mar, 1932[2]
Succeeded by
Henry H. Harwood
Preceded by
Arthur L. St. G. Lyster
Captain of H.M.S. Exmouth
30 Apr, 1935 – mid 1937
Succeeded by
Llewellyn V. Morgan
Preceded by
Arthur L. St. G. Lyster
Captain (D), Fifth Destroyer Flotilla
30 Apr, 1935 – 16 Jun, 1937
Succeeded by
Llewellyn V. Morgan
Preceded by
Arthur J. Power
Captain of H.M.S. Excellent
20 Sep, 1937 – 19 Dec, 1938[3]
Succeeded by
Arthur F. E. Palliser
Preceded by
Sir John C. Tovey
Commander-in-Chief at the Nore
1946 – 1948
Succeeded by
Sir Henry R. Moore
 

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 250.
  2. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  3. Superseded that day. Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.