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Goodall's working relationships with Pound, Somerville, and Keyes

Goodall's relationships with Somerville and Keyes supported radar development, ship design, and early amphibious planning, while he found Pound irritating.

Question

How did Stanley Goodall regard Dudley Pound, James Somerville, and Roger Keyes?

Short answer

He found Pound annoying, worked productively with Somerville on radar, and collaborated closely with Keyes on ship design and early amphibious and combined-operations shipping.

Notes

Goodall found Dudley Pound annoying but regarded James Somerville more favourably. He and Somerville worked together on radar projects. Roger Keyes collaborated with Goodall on ship-design questions at several points. Their work on the basic concepts for amphibious ships and combined-operations shipping preceded Mountbatten's arrival in charge.