Buy this book on-line COLES, ALAN: : Invergordon Scapegoat: The Betrayal of Admiral TomkinsonUK.STROUD,GLOUCESTSHIRE.ALAN SUTTON PUBLISHING LIMITED,1993. ISBN 0750902337.
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Did admiral Wilfred Tomkinson preserve the social structure of Britain and prevent a red revolution by his handling of the Royal Navy's mutiny at Invergordon in September 1931? This is the question posed by 'Invergordon Scapegoat',an intriguing insight into the life of the senior officer who was betrayed by his friends at the Admiralty,many of whom thought he should have turned his ships' guns on the mutineers.
Tomkinson was never allowed a chance to give his version of the mutiny at an official inquiry or court martial,but instead was thrust into involuntary retirement when on the brink of becoming a Sea Lord.yet his earlier career - as a protege and friend of the swashbuckling Admiral Roger Keyes - had been exemplary. He fought courageously in the Boxer Rebellion,commanded one of the first submarine flotillas,fought in the opening naval battles of the First World War,and saw close-range action at Keyes's side in the epic Zeebrugge raid.
Alan Coles is the first biographer of the 'faceless' admiral who has hitherto been largely ignored by historians.Drawing on many previously unpublished letters and diaries he attempts to reveal the truth behind the mutiny at Invergordon,raising uneasy questions about the background to this dramatic event in British naval history.
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