Gilbert Howland Roberts
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Captain Gilbert Howland Roberts, C.B.E., R.N. (11 October, 1900 – ?) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
He was appointed a Companion of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire on 1 January, 1944.[1]
Captain Stephen W. Roskill, retired naval officer and official historian, wrote in 1979:
Gilbert Roberts was sacked from the staff in 1940 for indiscreet talk in the Senior [the United Service Club]. I think he did a good job at Liverpool though I can well understand that Walker should have refused to go near him; nor did Walker need anything which the Tactical School could provide. It was for the new entry into A/S warfare that it was really useful and justified itself.[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 363098. p. 8. 1 January, 1944.
- ↑ Roskill to Howard-Johnston. Copy of letter of 19 May, 1979. Roskill Papers. Churchill Archives Centre. ROSK 7/210 Part 1.
Bibliography
- Williams, Mark (1979). Captain Gilbert Roberts R.N. and the Anti-U-Boat School. London: Cassell. ISBN 0-304-30386-0.
