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Description: | British cadet at Royal Naval College, Osborne in GB, 1918
REEL 1 Recollections of period as cadet at Royal Naval College, Osborne in GB, 1918: reasons for going to college; selection interview; academic work; taking the plunge; college friends; story of hearing of sinking of the German cruiser during Second World War; story of meeting Captain Leech prior to sinking of HMS Prince of Wales, 12/1941; story of relations between Admiral Andrew Cunningham and Admiral Ernest King during Second World War.
REEL 2 Continues: pattern of education at college and emphasis on engineering training; accommodation and rations; discipline; contrast between behaviour of term masters and term lieutenants; question of head for heights; state of health; story of abolishment of colour stripes in Royal Navy; degree to which time at college aided Royal Navy career | 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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