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Description: | Records found among the papers of G W Epsley, who entered the Royal Navy in 1896 and served as a Chief Petty Officer in HMS INDOMITABLE during the First World War, comprising an ms copy of an official report (4pp) on the Battle of the Dogger Bank written by Lieutenant Commander L D I MacKinnon RN, the Gunnery Officer in HMS INDOMITABLE (2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron, Grand Fleet), describing in particular the sinking of the German battle cruiser BLUCHER, 24 January 1915; ms copy of the ship's log (3pp) of HMS INDOMITABLE (3rd Battle Cruiser Squadron, Battle Cruiser Fleet) for the Battle of Jutland, 31 May - 1 June 1916; a photocopy of an ms copy of an official report (7pp) on the Battle of Jutland written by Commander M Tindal RN, the Navigating Officer in HMS INDOMITABLE, expanding on some of the details included in the ship's log, 31 May - 1 June 1916; an ms fair copy (2pp) of part of Epsley's official record of service in the Royal Navy, a photograph of him in uniform and a photograph of a naval gun's crew ashore in South Africa during the Boer War.
Cataloguer RWAS
Catalogue date 2010-02-02 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | HMS INDOMITABLE 2nd Cruiser Squadron Royal Navy Grand Fleet battlecruiser (1907) | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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