Roger Hill's memoir of wartime destroyer command

Did you order the expensive rare book you were considering?

Yes; one purchase was Roger Hill's original memoir about commanding Ledbury, Grenville, and Jervis, acquired for its firsthand destroyer history.

The book preserves a destroyer captain's perspective across three notable commands. An original edition of Roger Hill's memoir justified the rare-book price because of that firsthand record. Hill commanded Ledbury, Grenville, and Jervis, giving the volume direct relevance to several important wartime destroyer careers. Its stark opening account of his difficulty finding work after active service also connects operational command with the problem of veterans returning to postwar civilian Britain.