Description: | A very complete documentary and photographic record of his naval career, 1903 - 1933, including his ms private diaries for most years covering the period 1907 - 1933, letters written home from HMS ESSEX, February - June 1914, records of his command of the armed merchant cruiser ASCANIA, 1939 - 1941, his Midshipman's Journal during his time in HMS BRITANNIA, HMS PRINCE OF WALES, HMS VENUS and HMS ST VINCENT, 1909 - 1911, folders containing all his Appointments, 1903 - 1946, and Certificates, 1908 - 1934, two folders of miscellaneous documents concerning his time as a cadet at the RN Colleges Osborne and Dartmouth, 1903 - 1907, five folders of official documents concerning his service in HMS MELPOMENE, 1918, HMS TRIAD, 1919 - 1921, with the Royal Australian Navy, 1927 - 1929, as Training Commander, RN Barracks Portsmouth, 1929 - 1931, and in HMS ARDENT, 1933, a volume of recollections written in 1919 of his service at sea, July 1916 - June 1917, and a number of photograph albums and press cuttings.
Cataloguer RWAS
Catalogue date 1975-07 |