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Description: | Ms (2pp) and ts notes (3pp) written ca 1949 - 1950 on the mining, off the north coast of Ireland on the morning of 27 October 1914, of HMS AUDACIOUS (2nd Battle Squadron, Grand Fleet). Perry, who was serving as a 17 year old Signal Boy in the AUDACIOUS, describes how all the ship's company were rescued before the battleship blew up and sank. Together with a printed article (2pp) by Perry from March 1950 describing his experiences as a Signal Boy in the battleship HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH (Eastern Mediterranean Squadron) during the unsuccessful attempt to force the Narrows at the Dardanelles on 18 March 1915.
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Catalogue date 1981-05-26 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Perry, T H | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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