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Description: | British officer served aboard HMS Agamemnon in Mediterranean, 1915-1916; present off Gallipoli, 1915; served aboard HMS Raccoon in Mediterranean, 1916-1917; served aboard HMS Sylph in North Sea with Harwich Patrol, 1917-1918; served with gunboat patrolling Rhine, Germany, 1920s
REEL 1 Aspects of background prior to war, 1897-1914: family history; attending Osborne and Dartmouth Naval Colleges; reactions to outbreak of war 1914. Recollections of service as midshipman aboard HMS Agamemnon, 8/1914-2/1915: reception; daily routine and training; gunroom accommodation; relationship with sub lieutenants including Vian; bullying in form of 'evolutions'; food rations and supplementary messing allowances; drinking habits; relationship with crew; opinion of captain; preparations for active service; action stations roles in forward crows nest and 12" turret; firing exercises against rocks in Quiberon Bay, 1/1915; question of Dardanelles posting; voyage to Malta, 2/1915. Recollections of bombardments of Turkish Forts defending Dardanelles Straits, 2/1915-3/1915: story of painting of disengaged side during action; reaction to Turkish hits; spotting and ineffectiveness of air observation; question of charge employed.
REEL 2 Continues: opinion of bombardments; Royal Marine demolition party landings; question of visits between ships; view in action from crows nest; strategic results of failure of attack on Narrows, 18/3/1915. Aspects of period bombarding minor Turkish targets on Gallipoli coast, 3/1915-4/1915. Various aspects of operations off Gallipoli, 4/1915-12/1915: minimal briefing prior to landings, 25/4/1915; role of Royal Navy and strategic situation; evacuation of wounded; opinion of Stopford and standard of generalship during landing at Suvla, 6/8/1915; effects of submarine threat; competition for picket boat duties; crew recreations during periods at Mudros, Lemnos; assisting in coaling troopships; mutiny on merchant ship; passing exam as acting sub lieutenant; story arrival of Australian troops at Mudros, 20/12/1915; role of British submarines in Sea of Mamara; period of inactivity at Mudros. Recollections of period off Salonika, 1916: inactivity.
REEL 3 Continues: motor launch patrols on Lake Bezique, Salonika, Greece, 1916. Aspects of period as navigating officer aboard HMS Raccoon in Mediterranean, 1916-1917: routine duties; conditions; acting as ship's doctor; coal bunkering; morale. Aspects of period aboard HMS Sylph operating with Harwich Flotilla in North Sea, 1917-1918: advantage of oil fuelling; escorting convoys to Hook of Holland; morale; surrender of U Boats, 11/1918; question of attitude to U Boat crews. Aspects of inter war career in Royal Navy, 1919-1939: attending course at Cambridge University, 1919; gunboat patrols on Rhine based at Cologne, Germany, 1920s; relationship with German civilians | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Denham, Henry Mangles | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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