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Description: | A small but very interesting collection of four ms letters to his family, each with a ts transcript, describing his service as a midshipman in HMS LION (1st Battle Cruiser Squadron, Grand Fleet) at the Battles of the Heligoland Bight (28 August 1914) and the Dogger Bank (24 January 1915), as a Sub Lieutenant in HMS WARSPITE (5th Battle Squadron, Grand Fleet) at the Battle of Jutland (31 May - 1 June 1916) and as a Lieutenant and Navigating Officer in the light cruiser HMS IPHIGENIA from February to April 1918 when she was being prepared for use as a blockship during the forthcoming raid on Zeebrugge.
Cataloguer RWAS
Catalogue date 1980-03-10 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Vaux, P E | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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