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Description: | Ts transcription (149pp) of a very detailed and fluent journal which he kept from August 1914 - August 1917 covering his service as a Surgeon RNVR in the cruiser HMS BACCHANTE on patrol and other duties with Cruiser Force "C" in the North Sea, August - September 1914, based on Plymouth and Gibraltar for patrol and escort duties in the English Channel, October 1914 - January 1915, in the Eastern Mediterranean for operations off the Syrian coast, February 1915, at Suez, March 1915, and preparing for and participating in the landing at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli (25 April 1915), and involvement in the Battle of Jutland (31 May 1916), describing conditions in the ship, the morale of the ship's company, his treatment of the wounded from Heligoland Bight, early references to the U-Boat threat, and criticisms of the lack of liaison between the Army and the Royal Navy.
Cataloguer RWAS
Catalogue date 1978 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Lorimer, D | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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