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Description: | Microfilm copy of an ms diary (167pp) covering his service as a Surgeon in HMS ZEALANDIA (3rd Battle Squadron, Grand Fleet) from July 1914 to February 1915, mostly describing patrols and sweeps in the North Sea but also reflecting the Royal Navy's growing concern about the German submarine threat; together with a fine ms record (27pp) of his experiences as a Surgeon in HMS WARSPITE (5th Battle Squadron) during the Battle of Jutland, 31 May - 1 June 1916; two ms diaries (46pp and 21pp) covering in outline his service as a Surgeon Captain in the armed merchant cruiser HMS ASTURIAS in the South Atlantic, July 1942 - August 1943, and in the Home Fleet escort carrier HMS CAMPANIA, February 1944 - May 1945, but with more detailed entries for various North Russian convoys (September - December 1944); together with a comprehensive statistical record (42pp) of his naval career.
Cataloguer RWAS
Catalogue date 1980-03-19 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Ellis, G E D | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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