One of his men was a ganger, in charge of the labourers. He was an interesting character; he had enlisted in the army during the First World War aged fifteen or sixteen, and been sent to fight in France, where he admitted to killing the enemy without compunction; it was after all, w...
Though his officers didn't like it, he brought it back when he was Commander Aircraft Battle Force, and when he was CNO made it official navy-wide as "Service Dress E." He also instuted wearing the light gray shirt with collar insignia with the service blues, and had h...