A Soldier Gone to Sea: Memoir of a Royal Marine in Both World Wars

by Charles Frederic Jerram

Overview

In this memoir spanning nine decades, Lieutenant Colonel C.F. Jerram (1882-1969) of the Royal Marines recounts his life and military service through both world wars. Jerram describes in candid detail his late 19th-century childhood in Devon and Cornwall, the late Victorian and Edwardian Royal Navy, the Royal Navy's Far East Station, a traditional Corps of Marines, the Gallipoli Campaign, the World War I Western Front and the interwar and World War II years. His experience and insight convey two fundamental lessons: "Know thy profession and look after those for whom you are responsible." An essay by the editor, based on other sources, provides a broader perspective on Jerram, whose approach to professional military service is still pertinent today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786446186
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	11/16/2016
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Donald F. Bittner is a professor emeritus of military history at the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Marine Corps University, and the Secretary-General of the United States Commission on Military History. He has served with the U.S. Marine Corps since 1961 in uniform and as a civilian, retiring from active duty in the grade of Lieutenant Colonel in 1989. He lives in Stafford, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments (Donald F. Bittner)
A Note on Illustrations (Donald F. Bittner)
Preface by Donald F. Bittner
1. Prologue—Early Life
Early Days
We Move to Cornwall
A Brief Description of Talland
The Road to Looe
“Doddites” (Hillside)
Excursions and Discoveries
2. Joining the Royal Marines, 1901–04
3. The Mediterranean Fleet, 1904–06
4. China Station, 1907–10
To China, 1907
Shanghai, 1907–10
5. Marking Time, 1910–14
6. War at Sea, 1914
7. Gallipoli, 1915
8. The Western Front, I—1915–18
With the Marines in France, 1915–16
With the Army: The 31st Division, 1917
With the Army: XIII Corps, 1917–18
9. The Western Front, II—1918
With the 46th (North Midland) Division
Open Warfare, 1918
10. Between the Wars, 1919–40
Staff College, Camberley
Back to the Sea
Between the Wars, 1922–40
Pensioned Off
11. Epilogue—World War II and Beyond, 1940–69
Back to the Regiment: World War II
The End
Appendices
I. Lieutenant Colonel Jerram: An Historian’s Assessment of an Officer and His Career (Donald F. Bittner)
II. Career Chronology
III. Service Career of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Frederic Jerram, CMG, DSO, RM, as Drafted by Him
IV. War and Other Services of My Family
V. [World] War [II] Services of My Wife’s and My Own Family
VI. Abbreviations
VII. Royal Marine Light Infantry Batch, 1 September 1901
VIII. Status of Divisions on the Western Front, 11 November 1918
IX. King George V Prize Recipients, 1914 to 1923
X. British Armoured Divisions of World War II
Notes
Essay on Sources
Index