Admiral Sir Percy Lockhart Harnam Noble was a Royal Navy officer who served in both World Wars.
Sir Percy Noble in 1946, by Oswald Birley
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Sir Percy Noble inspects members of 2778 Squadron RAF Regiment at RAF Jurby in 1942.
Max Horton
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Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton was a British submariner during the First World War and commander-in-chief of the Western Approaches in the later half of the Second World War, responsible for British p
Percy Noble (Royal Navy officer)
…at building consensus around his chosen courses of action. Noble was, although not forced, certainly pushed out of Western Approaches to make room for Admiral Sir Max Horton, whose combative personality and experience in the submarine service made him the ideal candidate in the eyes of some to take the war to the U-boats…
Admiral Sir Max Horton, 1943
Horton (left) with Noel Laurence (right), commander of HMS E1, while serving in the Baltic
Max Horton with his naval officers, 10 June 1945
Memorial to Sir Max Horton