Private Papers of Commander G M Eady RN

Ms Midshipman's Journal covering his service in HMS VENUS (Cruiser Force E) on patrol duties off the south coast of Ireland, August 1914 - April 1915; ts recollections (31pp), written during 1916, of his service in HMS NEW ZEALAND (2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron), January - August 1916, including a lengthy description of the Battle of Jutland together with a later memoir of the battle; a series of articles published in "The Navy", 1922 - 1928, giving his impressions of life as a midshipman during the First World War; ts account (124pp) of his service as a junior officer in the sloop HOLLYHOCK on patrol and escort work in the Mediterranean, June 1917 - September 1918; and his flimsies, September 1914 - September 1918.

Cataloguer RWAS

Catalogue date 1986-08-19