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Description: | Album (155pp) kept during his naval service in the First World War, chiefly in the depot ship HMS ALERT but with time spent on board the river gunboat HMS MAYFLY (September 1915 - September 1916) and then the Royal Indian Marine troopship DALHOUSIE (October 1916 - January 1918) during their deployment on the River Tigris in support of the Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, containing ms notes and newspaper cuttings relating to the course of the campaign in Mesopotamia and the role of the various river gunboats in bombarding Turkish positions along the Tigris, mentioning the siege of Kut, outbreaks of cholera among the Turks and living conditions in Mesopotamia. Also held with the collection are a portrait photograph of him in uniform, his Royal Navy certificate of service from the First World War (4pp, in very poor condition) and his Merchant Navy continuous certificate of discharge dating from the inter war period.
Cataloguer APR
Catalogue date 2001-09-29 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Millward, H A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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