[Rebelbase]

“Former Naval Person to President Roosevelt”

Is that Churchill’s humor?

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Mild humor I suppose. At the outbreak of the war Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty, thus "Naval Person."

Winston S. Churchill, The Gathering Storm

After he became PM he changed his salutation.

Winston S. Churchill, Their Finest Hour

[iowamark]

In 1939, when his correspondence with FDR began, Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty. He called himself “Naval Person.” After he became Prime Minister in 1940, he changed to “Former Naval Person.”

[PrinceOfCups]

Churchill’s attempt to bond with FDR using their former World War-1 roles as First Naval Lord and Secretary of the Navy.