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Description: | Wordprocessed transcript (36pp) of a diary covering his service as a Steward 2nd class on the staff of Rear Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot in HMS ORION (2nd Battle Squadron, Grand Fleet) from August 1914 - January 1915 and then in HMS DEFENCE, the flagship of the 1st Cruiser Squadron, Grand Fleet from January - March 1915, with useful references to the Grand Fleet's offensive sweeps in the North Sea during the first months of the war, general anxiety about the threat posed by German submarines, the discomforts and hazards of life at sea in bad weather, the gallant rescue of a signal boy swept overboard from ORION (14 October ), the diarist's obvious pride and confidence in the Royal Navy and the infrequency of his runs ashore. The transcript is accompanied by laser copies (6pp) of 13 photographs taken during Lamb's service in ORION and a sheet of explanatory captions.
Cataloguer RWAS
Catalogue date 2002-06 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Lamb, W E | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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