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Description: | British midshipman served aboard HMS Lion in GB coastal waters and North Sea, 1917-1919
REEL 1 Recollections of operations as midshipman aboard HMS Lion, 1st Battlecruiser Sqdn in GB coastal waters and North Sea, 1917-1919: attitude towards First World War; opinion of naval education at Keyham, Devonport prior to joining ship; reception on arrival; rebellion of midshipmen against 'fagging'; living conditions on board; relations with petty officers; midshipman's duties; contrast with life aboard US ships; collision with defective German mine; spotting of German Battle Fleet by British aircraft; memories of hearing of Battle of River Plate whilst at Ministry of Information, 1939.
REEL 2 Continues: contact with family; reaction to Russian Revolution; reaction to Armistice, 11/11/1918; reading of speech by Admiral Beatty to crew and the reaction to it, 24/11/1918; leaving Royal Navy; sight of airship crossing Atlantic from GB to US. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | IWM | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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