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Description: | Ms journal with photographs (41pp) of his service in HMS HIGHFLYER during her cruise to the Mediterranean, 27 March - 12 June 1914, describing the ship's daily routine, the cadet training programme and social activities and mentioning exercises with a submarine (13 April) and a visit to the German light cruiser BRESLAU (17 May); together with a ts diary (35pp) recording his service as a Midshipman in HMS HIGHFLYER in the test mobilisation and the King's Review of the Fleet and then in HMS DIANA and HMS INVINCIBLE, July 1914 - April 1915, describing patrol duties in HMS DIANA as part of Cruiser Force G in the English Channel detailing the capture of several German prizes, and then transporting the Canadian Expeditionary Force to the United Kingdom; his transfer to HMS INVINCIBLE in the South West Atlantic and their search for Admiral von Spee's East Asiatic Squadron detailing their successful action near the Falkland Islands (8 December 1914) and their efforts to rescue survivors from GNEISENAU, before joining the 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron at Scapa Flow (February 1915); together with a ts transcription of a letter (7pp) written to his parents describing his involvement in HMS INVINCIBLE during the Battle of the Falkland Islands (10 December 1914); photographs (6pp) relating to his naval service, September 1913 - April 1915 and miscellaneous papers relating to the scuttling of the WATUSSI including a ts report (2pp) written by him as an acting Observer in a SAAF aircraft on it's sighting and scuttling, December 1939.
Cataloguer JSK
Catalogue date 2002-06-20 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | McEwan, A G | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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