author
Victor Alexander Montagu
1841–1915
A Royal Navy officer and memoirist, he turned a life of shipwrecks, war service, and long years at sea into vivid firsthand recollections. His writing offers a lively window into mid-19th-century naval life, from the Crimean War to the daily world of a young midshipman.
1 Audiobook
A Middy's Recollections, 1853-1860
by Victor Alexander Montagu
About the author
Born in 1841, Victor Alexander Montagu served in the Royal Navy from boyhood and went on to become a rear-admiral. He was also known in his day as a first-class cricketer, but his lasting appeal for many readers comes from the memoirs he left behind, drawn from a life shaped by service, travel, and danger at sea.
Montagu is best known as the author of A Middy's Recollections, 1853-1860, a memoir based on his early naval years. In it, he writes about entering the navy as a child, serving during the Crimean War, and surviving the wreck of HMS Raleigh. The book is valued not just for its historical detail, but for the direct, personal way it brings naval routine and adventure to life.
He also wrote Reminiscences of Admiral Montagu, continuing the story of a long maritime career. For listeners who enjoy memoir, military history, or true tales from the age of sail and steam, his work offers an engaging voice from inside the Victorian navy.