Harold Martin Burrough

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

• Service Records
• Papers in the possession of the Imperial War Museum
• Wikipedia
• Materials in the Liddle Collection

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 – Mar, 1932	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	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