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Contemporary ts account (7pp) of the loss by enemy action off the coast of Norway of the submarine HMS SHARK while under his command, 5 July 1940; together with a photocopy of an ms notebook/journal (41pp) covering his subsequent experiences as a prisoner of war in hospital in Norway and then in camps Stalag XXA (Thorn), Oflag IXA (Spangenberg) and finally Marlag XB (Sandbostel) in Germany, July 1940 - January 1941; and a photocopy of an ms notebook (54pp) containing names, addresses and drawings by fellow prisoners in those camps and at Marlag/Milag Nord (Westertimke) in 1942 - 1943.
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Cataloguer PJT
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Catalogue date 1981-01