PERRIN
(William Gordon, 1874-1974, Lieutenant Colonel, RAF and Navy Officer, Librarian of the Admiralty)
Signature from the end of an Autograph Letter Signed
with the words, yours sincerely, 4½ x 2, no place, no date
Background
He is most well known for his works on flags; particularly British Flags: Their Early History, and Their Development at Sea which has been described as the standard by which all other flag books are compared and Nelson's Signals in which he established that the flags which had been accepted as denoting Nelson's historic signal at Trafalgar were incorrect.
Stock No. 42042