Title: The greatest fool
Subtitle: the story of Stephen Hawkins
Description: It contains the best description of life at the Royal Naval College, Osborne (on the Isle of Wight) pre-WW1 that I have found to date.  The story is run of the mill:  misfit young officer ("good at games"); casualty of the Geddes Axe; between wars scratching living; back in the RN for WW2 where he prospers, but ends up as "Secretary of a golf club".  Just how many were there like that?  And, by the way, an unsuccessful love life!
Subjects: Royal Navy, war at sea, 1910-1947.  A life on the ocean wave (as an officer)
Time periods: 1910-1947