Charles Little
Captain
Charles Little served in the Royal Navy as a captain during second world war. His career belongs to the modern history of Britain’s maritime service and reflects the professional responsibilities attached to command in an industrial or post-industrial navy.
He is associated with coastal and small-craft command in wartime. This formed part of the way the modern Royal Navy operated through technology, organization, and continuous professional service at sea.
He is significant because his biography belongs to the command history of the modern fleet. Charles Little stands within the tradition of captains whose ships, squadrons, or specialist branches connected strategy to daily operational reality.