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Description: | Photocopy of an ms diary (6pp) written as a midshipman during or immediately following the Battle of Jutland, 31 May - June 1916, being an eye-witness record of the battle as seen by Rogerson from his action station in a turret in HMS INDOMITABLE (3rd Battle Cruiser Squadron, Battle Cruiser Fleet), alluding in particular to the fierce fighting between 6.00 and 8.00pm on 31 May, the loss of other British battle cruisers, the lack of sleep during the battle which left him "feeling fearfully tired", conditions in his turret and the "filthy sight" of dead bodies and wreckage through which INDOMITABLE passed after the action. Together with photocopies of two signals (1p each) issued by Vice Admiral Beatty during and after the Battle of Jutland, 1 and 3 June 1916.
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Catalogue date 1982-07-27 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Rogerson, H S | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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