Description
Object description
Ms Midshipman's Journal covering his service in the Home Fleet battleships COMMONWEALTH (September - December 1910) and HINDUSTAN (December 1910 - September 1911) and then in HMS NATAL (October 1911 - September 1912) and HMS COCHRANE (September 1912 - January 1913) in the 2nd Cruiser Squadron, Home Fleet. The most interesting entries describe the Coronation naval review at Spithead (24 June 1911), the royal progress in Dublin (11 July 1911), the escort of the liner MEDINA, with the King and Queen on board, to India for the Delhi Durbar (November 1911-January 1912) and a cruise in the Baltic (October 1912). With the Journal are various official records of his naval career, including his flimsies, a wounds and hurts certificate (1923), correspondence relating to his transfer to the retired list in 1938 and reappointment to the Naval Ordnance Inspection Department from 1938 to 1946 and his City of Bath fire guard service card, and portrait photographs of him as a cadet and lieutenant.
Content description
Ms Midshipman's Journal covering his service in the Home Fleet battleships COMMONWEALTH (September - December 1910) and HINDUSTAN (December 1910 - September 1911) and then in HMS NATAL (October 1911 - September 1912) and HMS COCHRANE (September 1912 - January 1913) in the 2nd Cruiser Squadron, Home Fleet. The most interesting entries describe the Coronation naval review at Spithead (24 June 1911), the royal progress in Dublin (11 July 1911), the escort of the liner MEDINA, with the King and Queen on board, to India for the Delhi Durbar (November 1911-January 1912) and a cruise in the Baltic (October 1912). With the Journal are various official records of his naval career, including his flimsies, a wounds and hurts certificate (1923), correspondence relating to his transfer to the retired list in 1938 and reappointment to the Naval Ordnance Inspection Department from 1938 to 1946 and his City of Bath fire guard service card, and portrait photographs of him as a cadet and lieutenant.
History note
Cataloguer RWAS
History note
Catalogue date 1990-05