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Description: | Photocopy of an ms memoir (17pp) covering his service in the Royal Navy 1912 - 1934 as a medical rating (rising finally to the rank of Chief Petty Officer), describing life in HMS CUMBERLAND; HMS SKIRMISHER, including a land and sea journey from Plymouth - Greece and voyages in the Aegean, Bosphorus and Black Sea, including a visit to Odessa during the Russian Revolution; hospital ship MAINE in 1922, including a visit to Smyrna during the massacre and life at RN Hospital Wei-hai-wei, China 1926 - 1928, including witnessing punishments and executions.
Cataloguer NLY
Catalogue date 1976 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | HMS CUMBERLAND Royal Navy HMS SKIRMISHER scout cruiser (1905) | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Bunter, T W | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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