He was an overseas corresponding member of the Society for Nautical Research and served several terms as a councillor of the Navy Records Society. In 2017, his book, Before Jutland, was awarded the Anderson Medal of the Society for Nautical Research for the best book of naval or maritime history published in 2015, and he was appointed a Fellow of the Society in 2018.
He was an external associate member of the Society for Nautical Research and held several terms as a councilor of the Navy Records Society. In 2017, his book, Before Jutland, received the Anderson Medal from the Society for Nautical Research for the best publication on naval or maritime history in 2015, and he was appointed a Fellow of the Society in 2018.