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Description: | Prints contained in albums and on loose leaves collated by Miss Lita C Edwards, daughter of Brig-General Richard Fielding Edwards of the Royal Engineers during the latter's stationing in Liverpool as Commander of Mersey Defences during the First World War and as Chief Royal Engineer, Malta between 1919 and 1922.
Album One: Activities of Royal Navy and Mercantile vessels in and around the Mersey including the launch of HMS CASTOR at Birkenhead (July 1915); views of the wreck of SS JERSEYMOOR on the Great Burboc Bank, Liverpool (August 1915); HMS KEMPENFELT entering Mersey, (August 1915); launch of HMS CHESTER (December 1915); submarine HMS E24 leaving the Mersey (January 1916); launch of HMS PARKER at Birkenhead (April 1916); HMS WARRIOR entering the Mersey (April 1916); sinking of the Ellerman Line SS Avon after collision (April 1916); HM Minesweeper TENBY off Liverpool Bar (May 1916); ship of the Belgian Relief Committee SS ALGERIE leaving Liverpool (May 1916); White Star liner SS ADRIATIC off Sandon Dock, Liverpool (June 1916); launch of HMS GRENVILLE at Birkenhead (June 1916); HMS ITHURIEL entering the Mersey after trials (July 1916); SS WARILDA entering the Mersey (July 1917); explosion of the SS KELVINDALE in the Crosby Channel (March 1917); HMS CALEDON (March 1917); launch of HMS VALENTINE at Birkenhead (March 1917); HMXV GALATEA with HM King George V on board entering Langton dock (May 1917).
Album Two: Royal Naval and mercantile ships coming into and out from Liverpool and the Mersey area generally during the First World War including: HMS ALARM and SV LOUISE BELL, HMS VALENTINE, HMS DEVONSHIRE, HMS TEUTONIC, HMS OLYMPIC, SS ATLANTIAN (after being torpedoed in 1917); HMS L7; SS BELGIE; SS MADRONO; HMS VALHALLA; SS ARDGARTAN; SS DUNDALK.
Album Three: HMXV No 1; HMXV No 3, HMXV No 4; HMXV VIGILANT, HMXV GALATEA (May 1916); scenes on sailing ship Vanduara including that of 'CXO and LFE aboard' - presumable Executive Officer and L F Edwrads (son of Brig Gen R F Edwards?); scenes on board GALATEA (July 1916); GOC on GALATEA
The images held on loose leaves, most probably removed from larger family albums, include: individual views and panoramic composite of the burning of Smyrna after the Turkish occupation (Septemebr 1922); Smyrna refugees being taken to SS KARNAC (alongside HMS KING GEORGE V) by boats from HMS CARDIFF (September 1922); Lita C Edwards attending a rifle meeting with friends at Ricasoli; the Edwards family and friends at a picnic at Ghain Tuffieha (January 1922); General Edwards and friends aboard small vessel in Grand Harbour (September 1920); visit of the Crown Prince of Japan to Malta an with a guard of honour provided by the Essex Regiment (April 1921);
Royal Naval vessels and activities in Malta: HMS STUART off Tigne (January 1920); HMS L20 (February 1920); views of Grand Harbour and ships within (February 1922); HMS BRYONY (February 1922); the departure of the Mediterranean Fleet for combine manoeuvres with the Atlantic Fleet (February 1922); HMS WRYNECK (March 1922); HMS OUSE in French Creek and off Gozo (June 1922); general view of Bighi Naval Hospital; HMS EGMONT and HMS EAGLE (June 1922); HMS ROCKET and submarine HMS H32 off Fenerachi (August 1922); starboard-quarter view of HMS PEGASUS; HMS VIMIERA (March 1922); visit of the 1st Battleship Squadron and HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH to Malta, February 1920; HMS MERLIN (September 1920); HMT HIMALAYA in Grand Harbour (September 1920)
Royal Naval vessels and activities in the UK: HMS CALLIOPE leaving Portland Harbour (JUly 1924); HMS HERMES in Weymouth Bay (July 1924); salvage of crash aeroplane from Weymouth Bay (June 1924)
Launch of HMS ARK ROYAL at Birkenhead, April 1937. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Edwards, Lita C (Miss) | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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