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Description: | British officer served aboard HMS Invincible in North Sea, 1914-1916, including Battle of the Falkland Islands, 12/1914
REEL 1: Recollections of service as officer with Royal Navy, 1914-1918: memories of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth; role in operations aboard HMS Inflexible in pursuit of Scharnhorst and Gneisnau during Battle of the Falkland Islands, 12/1914; story of rescuing survivors; attitude to Germans in First and Second World Wars; first appointment to HMS Good Hope; duties as midshipman in charge of cutter; relations with petty officers and lower deck; attitude to bullying with examples; memories of author Charles Morgan; memories of period aboard HMS Monmouth on China station; opinion of gunnery skills; description of HMS Invincible and armaments; role as sub-lieutenant in gun room; question of awards following Battle of the Falkland Islands; conditions in gun room; attitude to killing enemy; coaling ship; changes in naval life and ship technology.
REEL 2 Continues: divisional system; reason for specialising in signalling; duties as Flag Lieutenant aboard HMS Invincible; messing arrangements; memories of HMS Partridge and HMS Renown; signal school; summary of promotions and post-war service; story of role in invasion planning exercises with Churchill during Second World War; reflections on different phases of naval career; memories of period as captain of HMS Hobart; opinion of Australian naval officers and seamen. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Baynham, Henry | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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