Description
Object description
Ms Midshipman's Journal, in two volumes (270pp and 200pp), covering his service on the China Station in the cruisers HMS KENT (November 1935 - October 1936) and HMS CUMBERLAND (October - December 1936 and March - September 1937) and the destroyer HMS DARING (December 1936 - March 1937) and including useful references to incidents in the Sino-Japanese War and their impact on the activities of the British warships in the Far East; together with other documents including official service records such as his flimsies (1936 - 1962), original commission (1939), mentions in despatches (1940 - 1944) and official and personal correspondence concerning his promotion to flag rank and transfer to the retired list (1964 - 1968); a contemporary ts account (6pp) of the towing of the SS VALVERDA by the training cruiser HMS FROBISHER in the Atlantic (1935); his ts letter of proceedings (2pp) describing his voyages across the English Channel in small boats to assist in the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk (June 1940) and a few other documents of a humorous nature from the Second World War; his Captain's Orders Books covering his command of the destroyer HMS DEFENDER (1959 - 1960); his official report on his appointment as Admiral Commanding Reserves (1965 - 1968) and some later correspondence with the Ministry of Defence concerning his ongoing opposition to the projected reorganisation of the command structure and strength of the Royal Naval Reserve (1971 - 1976); also his Visitor's Book (1959 - 1968) and a photograph album (1935 - 1937).
Content description
Ms Midshipman's Journal, in two volumes (270pp and 200pp), covering his service on the China Station in the cruisers HMS KENT (November 1935 - October 1936) and HMS CUMBERLAND (October - December 1936 and March - September 1937) and the destroyer HMS DARING (December 1936 - March 1937) and including useful references to incidents in the Sino-Japanese War and their impact on the activities of the British warships in the Far East; together with other documents including official service records such as his flimsies (1936 - 1962), original commission (1939), mentions in despatches (1940 - 1944) and official and personal correspondence concerning his promotion to flag rank and transfer to the retired list (1964 - 1968); a contemporary ts account (6pp) of the towing of the SS VALVERDA by the training cruiser HMS FROBISHER in the Atlantic (1935); his ts letter of proceedings (2pp) describing his voyages across the English Channel in small boats to assist in the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk (June 1940) and a few other documents of a humorous nature from the Second World War; his Captain's Orders Books covering his command of the destroyer HMS DEFENDER (1959 - 1960); his official report on his appointment as Admiral Commanding Reserves (1965 - 1968) and some later correspondence with the Ministry of Defence concerning his ongoing opposition to the projected reorganisation of the command structure and strength of the Royal Naval Reserve (1971 - 1976); also his Visitor's Book (1959 - 1968) and a photograph album (1935 - 1937).
History note
Cataloguer RWAS
History note
Catalogue date 2001-06