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Description: | Two lively ms diaries (87 and 75pp) describing his service as a petty officer in the light cruiser HMS NEWCASTLE (Captain R G A W Stapleton-Cotton RN till December 1917) which he joined, after a sea and rail passage from the United Kingdom and across Canada, on the Pacific Station in September 1916, and which was subsequently employed, largely on patrol and convoy escort duties, in the Eastern Mediterranean (December 1916 - January 1917), on the East Indies Station (February - May 1917), with the British Adriatic Squadron (June - October 1917) and as the Commodore's ship on the South East Coast of America (December 1917 - June 1919), and with some very interesting comments on the style of command of Captain (later Admiral) Stapleton-Cotton and on the frequent disciplinary problems on board under him and during the period of demobilisation; together with a short printed history (8pp) of HMS NEWCASTLE'S commission 1916 - 18, his official service certificates and recommendations 1905 - 22, his 1914 Royal Christmas card wallet frame and 2 photographs of him in uniform.
Cataloguer RWAS
Catalogue date 1985-09 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Fyfe, J | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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