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Description: | Ts loose leaf diary (292pp) containing brief notes on his duties as Commander of Air Defences, London Area (August 1917 - April 1919) covering his reorganisation of the defence system (August 1917), raids on London and the east coast (August - November 1917, May 1918), inspections of squadrons, balloon aprons and gun sites, experimental work on listening and communication devices, the reorganisation of the Royal Flying Corps (1918), the gradual demobilisation of Home Defence and the question of its future control (1918 - 1919); together with a ts War Office memorandum (1p) concerning his appointment as CO London Air Defence Area (July 1917), and a bound volume (53pp) including photographs and newspaper cuttings relating to Ashmore's military career.
Cataloguer PJB
Catalogue date 2002-02 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Ashmore, E B | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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