Stanley Walter Croucher Pack

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Stanley Walter Croucher Pack (1904–1977)[1] (CBE) was an officer in the Royal Navy, and an author of several books related to maritime topics.

In 1928, while an at Dartmouth Naval College, he wrote a meteorology textbook entitled The Frequency Departure of Thermionic Oscillators from the L. C. Valve.[2] Decades later he wrote a book about the college, entitled Britannia at Dartmouth.

In 1953 the London Gazette reported he had been promoted from Instructor Commander to Instructor Captain.[3]

Pack was one of the UK representatives when the World Meteorological Organization's subcommittees, the , when it met in Toronto, in August 1953.[4]

In 1957 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Bibliography[]

  • S. W. C. Pack (1928). The Frequency Departure of Thermionic Oscillators from the L. C. Valve. University of London Press. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  • S. W. C. Pack (1960). Admiral Lord Anson: the story of Anson's voyage and naval events of his day. Cassell. p. →. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  • S. W. C. Pack (1964). The Wager Mutiny. . Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  • S. W. C. Pack (1964). Windward of the Caribbean: A Look at Barbados. . Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  • S. W. C. Pack (1967). "Britannia at Dartmouth". . Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  • S. W. C. Pack (1971). Sea Power in the Mediterranean: A Study of the Struggle for Sea Power in the Mediterranean from the Seventeenth Century to the. Arthur Barker Limited. ISBN 9780213003944. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  • S. W. C. Pack (1972). Night action off Cape Matapan. . Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  • S. W. C. Pack (1973). "The battle for Crete". Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9780870218101. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  • S. W. C. Pack (1977). "Operation HUSKY: the Allied invasion of Sicily". Hippocrene Books. ISBN 9780882544403. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  • S. W. C. Pack (1978). Invasion North Africa, 1942. Scribner. ISBN 9780684159218. Retrieved 2018-10-20.

References[]

  1. ^ "S. W. C. Pack (1904–1977)". librarything.com. 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-11-04. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  2. ^ S. W. C. Pack (1928). The Frequency Departure of Thermionic Oscillators from the L. C. Valve. University of London Press. Archived from the original on 2018-10-20. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  3. ^ "promotions" (PDF). London Gazette. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  4. ^ "World Meteorological Organization". . April 1954. Archived from the original on 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2018-10-20. The British representatives on the Commission for Aerology were Dr. R. C. Sutcliffe, Miss E. E. Austin and Prof. P. A. Sheppard; and on the Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation, Dr. D. N. Harrison, Dr. R. Frith and Capt. S. W. C. Pack.
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