Private Papers of Captain G N Rawlings DSO DSC RN

Small collection of personal correspondence, December 1975 - November 1978, from Captain Rawlings and three other former naval officers provoked by their involvement in the research for Paul Lund and Harry Ludlam's OUT SWEEPS! MINESWEEPERS AT WAR (Foulsham, 1978) and principally concerning minesweeping operations during the Second World War, notably those of the 12th Minesweeping Flotilla in the Mediterranean between 1943 and 1946; together with photocopies of presscuttings, October 1944 - April 1946, describing the work of the 12th and 19th Flotillas, twelve cartoons depicting aspects of life at HMS MARSHAL SOULT, the minesweeping base at Portsmouth, during the Second World War, an HMS PLINLIMMON Christmas card for 1942 and a printed copy of the order of service at the memorial service for Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, August 1963

Catalogue date 1991-12

Cataloguer RWAS