Stanley Walter Croucher Pack
Stanley Walter Croucher Pack CBE (1904–1977)[1] was an officer in the Royal Navy, and an author of several books related to maritime topics.
In 1928, while an instructor Commander 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 Commission for Instruments and Methods of Observation, 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 20 October 2018.
- S. W. C. Pack (1960). Admiral Lord Anson: the story of Anson's voyage and naval events of his day. Cassell. p. →. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- S. W. C. Pack (1964). The Wager Mutiny. A. Redman. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- S. W. C. Pack (1964). Windward of the Caribbean: A Look at Barbados. A. Redman. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- S. W. C. Pack (1967). "Britannia at Dartmouth". A. Redman. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- 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 20 October 2018.
- S. W. C. Pack (1972). Night action off Cape Matapan. Allan Press. ISBN 9780711002579. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- S. W. C. Pack (1973). "The battle for Crete". Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9780870218101. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- S. W. C. Pack (1974). Cunningham the Commander. B T Batsford. ISBN 9780713427882. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- S. W. C. Pack (1975). The Battle of Sirte. Allan Press. ISBN 9780711005969. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
- S. W. C. Pack (1977). "Operation HUSKY: the Allied invasion of Sicily". Hippocrene Books. ISBN 9780882544403. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- S. W. C. Pack (1978). Invasion North Africa, 1942. Scribner. ISBN 9780684159218. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
References
- "S. W. C. Pack (1904–1977)". librarything.com. 2018. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
- 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 20 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- "promotions" (PDF). London Gazette. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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"World Meteorological Organization". The Meteorological magazine. April 1954. Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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.