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Douglas Valder Duff
Douglas Valder Duff DSC (b. Rosario de Santa Fe, Argentina, 1901; d. Dorchester, England, 23 September 1978) was a British merchant seaman, Royal Navy officer, police officer, and author of over 100 books, including memoirs and books for children.〔(Douglas V. Duff ), Collecting Books and Magazines, accessed 25 April 2010.〕〔'Deaths', ''The Times'', Tuesday, 26 September 1978; pg. 26; Issue 60416; col B.〕
Douglas was the eldest son of Arthur Joseph Duff, then British Consul in Rosario, and Florence Valder.〔
Duff served in the Merchant Navy during World War I, and survived being torpedoed on two occasions. He later rescued White Russian refugees from the Black Sea, spent time as an apprentice monk, served as a 'Black and Tan' during the counter-insurgency in Ireland, and joined the Palestine Police. After further naval service in World War II, he became a successful broadcaster.
==Service in the Great War==
In 1914 Duff entered the naval training college HMS Conway aged 13 and served in the Merchant Navy in World War I. He served first on the freighter ''Thracia'', and saw action using its deck gun against a German U-boat which was subsequently sunk by a French destroyer.〔Sword for Hire. The Saga of a Modern Free-Companion. John Murray, London. 1934. pp. 15-17〕 On 26 March 1917, the ship carrying a cargo of 4,000 tons of iron ore was sunk by a German U-boat. Midshipman Duff, aged 16, was the only survivor of a crew of 37.〔Sword for Hire. The Saga of a Modern Free-Companion. John Murray, London. 1934. pp. 17-24〕 Seventeen months later he was a member of the crew of the passenger ship ''Flavia'' carrying American nurses and Serbian cavalrymen serving in the American army. It was also torpedoed and sunk. Only one passenger was drowned but several hundred horses were lost. Duff had to kill several horses with his revolver in order to stop them swamping his lifeboat.〔Sword. p.29〕 Duff served on a third ship carrying American troops across the Atlantic which was wracked with Spanish flu that killed dozens of its passengers. Duff suffered a broken leg as a result of a U-boat attack. After the Armistice Duff took part in the rescue of White Russian refugees from the Black Sea and was appalled by the sight of destitute Russian nobelwomen trading sexual favours with the crew in exchange for food and accommodation in their bunks. He referred to his experiences during this period as 'indescribable'.
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