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Description: | British naval cadet at Osborne and Dartmouth Colleges, 1912-1916; midshipman served aboard HMS Hercules in North Sea, 1916-1918, including Battle of Jutland, 5/1916; officer served aboard HMS Neptune and HMS Vindictive in North Sea, 1918; served with Royal Navy in Baltic, 1919
REEL 1: Family background and father's military service; education. Aspects of training as cadet at Osborne and Dartmouth Naval Colleges, 1912-1916; reason for joining Royal Navy; question of naval traditions; reaction to outbreak of war, 8/1914. Aspects of operations aboard HMS Hercules in North Sea, 1-5/1916: relations with other seamen; description of Hercules; communications aboard ship; description of daily routine; question of German U-boat threat; opinion of German Navy; nature of naval engagements prior to Battle of Jutland. Recollections of Battle of Jutland, 5/1916: role as midshipman and description of opening phase of battle; description of action station at voice-pipe level between bridge and gunnery officer.
REEL 2 Continues: description of second phase of battle and escape of German Fleet; story of message failing to reach Jellicoe; memory of Zeppelin; description of wreck of HMS Invincible; question of fear during battle; problem of lack of night training; reaction to outcome of battle and comparison to Battle of Trafalgar; question of change of German naval policy after Battle of Jutland; question of morale aboard HMS Hercules following battle; opinion of training. Recollections of operations aboard HMS Hercules in North Sea, 1916-1918: daily routine and question of boredom; memory of concert parties; question of naval discipline and punishments.
REEL 3 Continues: question of role of Grand Fleet following Battle of Jutland; reaction to news of Zeebrugge Raid; story of kite balloons and death of seaman; description of training course on kite balloons. Recollections of operations as officer aboard HMS Neptune and HMS Vindictive in North Sea, 1918: appointment as acting Sub-Lieutenant; description of aerial activity; description of surrender of German Fleet and question of mutinies in German Navy; comparison of condition of German and British ships; attitude to Invergordon Mutiny. Recollections of operations with Royal Navy in Baltic, 1919: description of role in containing Russian Fleet at Kronstadt; question of delay of demobilization for seamen; attitude to Bolsheviks and political situation. Aspects of service with Royal Navy during Second World War, 1939-1945: description of role in naval training; question of quality of recruits; co-operation with RAF.
REEL 4 Continues: Story of recent visit to current HMS Invincible and question of new technology; attitude to women serving at sea; opinion of Admiral Beatty's role during First World War. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Faunce, Bonham de Laune | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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