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Description: | British cadet at Royal Naval College, Osborne in GB, 1910-1912. Various postings with Royal Navy, 1912-1941; subsequent life in Kenya
REEL 1 Recollections of period as cadet with Royal Naval College, Osborne in GB, 1910-1912: reasons for going to Osborne; selection interview; learning German; contracting eye infection; discipline; lack of bullying; recreational activities. Various aspects of service with Royal Navy, 1912-1941: appointment to HMS Albermarle, 1914; experiences during Battle of Jutland aboard HMS Malaya, 1916; story of running aground in escort P19 during gale in English Channel, 2/1918; submarine duties off coast of Netherlands, 6/1918.
REEL 2 Continues: sinking of Royal Oak in Scapa Flow, 1939; arrival of Rudolf Hess in Scotland, 1941; anti-gun running duties during Irish Civil War. Memories of period as coffee planter during Mau Mau crisis in Kenya, 1954. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Partridge, Michael S | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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