Stephen Roskill
Military Person
1903 – 1982
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Who was Stephen Roskill?
Captain Stephen Wentworth Roskill, CBE, DSC, FBA, DLitt was a career officer in the Royal Navy, serving during the Second World War and, after his enforced medical retirement, served as the official historian of the Royal Navy from 1949 to 1960. He is now chiefly remembered as a prodigious author of books on British maritime history.
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- Born
- Aug 1, 1903
London - Also known as
- S.W. Roskill
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Britannia Royal Naval College
- Died
- Nov 4, 1982
Cambridge
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on July 23, 2013
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