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Description: | Microfilm copy of an ms diary (65pp) kept during his service on the lower deck in HMS NEW ZEALAND (2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron), March 1915 - February 1919, describing his dislike of Scapa Flow, night watches, fruitless sweeps of the North Sea for the German fleet, wartime routine, the Battle of Jutland and its aftermath, the destruction of the battle cruiser HMS QUEEN MARY (31 May 1916), the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet (21 November 1916) and details of the battle cruiser DERFFLINGER; in the torpedo school HMS ACTAEON, and in the light cruiser HMS COVENTRY in which members of the Inter-Allied Naval Control Commission were taken to German ports including Hamburg and Kiel, and to Heligoland, December 1919 - May 1920; and of an ms diary (20pp) kept during his time as a Petty Officer in the cruiser HMS ARETHUSA, June 1944, describing the imminent D-Day landings in Normandy where they provided supporting fire and bombardments, and referring to a visit by HM King George VI (16 June 1944) and damage sustained by the ship when a mine exploded.
Cataloguer JSK
Catalogue date 2002-04-25 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Eames, J J | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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