Description
Object description
8 ms diaries covering his service as an Observer in the RNAS in the seaplane carrier HMS ENGADINE, August 1914 - March 1915, including the Cuxhaven Raid, Christmas 1914, then in the seaplane carrier HMS BEN-MY-CHREE in Turkish and Egyptian waters, December 1915 - March 1916, his service in Coastal Motor Boats (CMBs) in the English Channel, March - July 1917, as Intelligence Officer, the Advanced Seaplane Base, Dunkirk, July 1917, then his duties on the Secretariat of the Irish Convention in Dublin, July 1917 - April 1918; followed by a posting to the naval section of air intelligence (A.1.26) at the Air Ministry, May - September 1918; then as an Intelligence Officer with No 27 Group HQ, RAF Bircham Newton working on the planned air raid on Berlin, September - November 1918, and finally in Belgium preparing a report on bomb damage, November - December 1918; together with official letters concerning his service career and a few interesting letters from him on Irish politics.
Content description
8 ms diaries covering his service as an Observer in the RNAS in the seaplane carrier HMS ENGADINE, August 1914 - March 1915, including the Cuxhaven Raid, Christmas 1914, then in the seaplane carrier HMS BEN-MY-CHREE in Turkish and Egyptian waters, December 1915 - March 1916, his service in Coastal Motor Boats (CMBs) in the English Channel, March - July 1917, as Intelligence Officer, the Advanced Seaplane Base, Dunkirk, July 1917, then his duties on the Secretariat of the Irish Convention in Dublin, July 1917 - April 1918; followed by a posting to the naval section of air intelligence (A.1.26) at the Air Ministry, May - September 1918; then as an Intelligence Officer with No 27 Group HQ, RAF Bircham Newton working on the planned air raid on Berlin, September - November 1918, and finally in Belgium preparing a report on bomb damage, November - December 1918; together with official letters concerning his service career and a few interesting letters from him on Irish politics.
History note
Cataloguer PJT
History note
Catalogue date 1977-06