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Description: | A small collection of papers, photographs, presscuttings and other printed ephemera relating to his service as a midshipman RNR in the battleship HMS ROYAL OAK (1st Battle Squadron, Grand Fleet) from May 1916 - September 1917 and in HMS TYRANT (11th Destroyer Flotilla, Grand Fleet) from September 1917 - June 1918 and then in Coastal Motor Boats, June 1918 - winter 1919, including service against the Bolsheviks in the Caspian Sea in 1919. The papers include copies of telegrams concerning the Battle of Jutland, two interesting letters from a midshipman RNR in the battleship HMS QUEEN in the British Adriatic Squadron in 1916 and examples of a Bolshevik and a White Army propaganda leaflet acquired in Russia in 1919.
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Catalogue date 1974-03-28 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Russia 1918-1919 ROYAL OAK (HMS) Mediterranean 1915-1918 British Adriatic Squadron destroyer White Army Russian Forces Adriatic 1916 1st Battle Squadron Motor Boats 11th Destroyer Flotilla Royal Naval Reserve (1958+) Royal Navy TYRANT (HMS) Bolsheviks North Sea Battle of Jutland 1916 South Russia Intervention 1918-1919 First World War battleship Grand Fleet QUEEN (HMS) Coastal Forces | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Grundy, T | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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