Description
Object description
3 ms registers of services containing full details of all the services, including baptisms, marriages and funerals, which he held as a Church of England Chaplain RN in the cruiser HMS AJAX on the North America and West Indies Station (January 1938 - January 1940) including the battle of the River Plate, at the Royal Naval Air Station Eastleigh (March 1940 - March 1941), in the aircraft carrier HMS VICTORIOUS (March 1941 - September 1943) including operations against the BISMARCK and attacks on targets in Norway, at the Royal Naval Base Milford Haven (October 1943 - October 1944), the Royal Naval Base Sydney, Australia (December 1944 - June 1946), the Royal Naval Base Mayina, Ceylon (June - September 1946), the Royal Naval Barracks Portsmouth (January - October 1947), the training establishment ROYAL ARTHUR at Corsham, Wiltshire (October 1947 - December 1949) and Singapore Dockyard (March 1950 - April 1952). Various press-cuttings, photographs, naval signals and other printed ephemera have been inserted in or placed with the registers.
Content description
3 ms registers of services containing full details of all the services, including baptisms, marriages and funerals, which he held as a Church of England Chaplain RN in the cruiser HMS AJAX on the North America and West Indies Station (January 1938 - January 1940) including the battle of the River Plate, at the Royal Naval Air Station Eastleigh (March 1940 - March 1941), in the aircraft carrier HMS VICTORIOUS (March 1941 - September 1943) including operations against the BISMARCK and attacks on targets in Norway, at the Royal Naval Base Milford Haven (October 1943 - October 1944), the Royal Naval Base Sydney, Australia (December 1944 - June 1946), the Royal Naval Base Mayina, Ceylon (June - September 1946), the Royal Naval Barracks Portsmouth (January - October 1947), the training establishment ROYAL ARTHUR at Corsham, Wiltshire (October 1947 - December 1949) and Singapore Dockyard (March 1950 - April 1952). Various press-cuttings, photographs, naval signals and other printed ephemera have been inserted in or placed with the registers.
History note
Cataloguer RWAS
History note
Catalogue date 1983-01-12