Description
Object description
Miscellaneous items relating to his naval career, with particular reference to his service as a midshipman in the cruiser HMS NATAL, 1913 - 1915, and his appointment as Flag Officer Malta, 1950 - 1952, including his Midshipman's Journal in HMS NATAL (2nd Cruiser Squadron) containing references to the 1913 naval manoeuvres, the 1914 Spithead Review and news of the loss of the battleship HMS AUDACIOUS in October 1914 as well as details of patrol duties in the northern North Sea and off the Norwegian coast; together with a bound volume containing copies of THE NATAL NEWSLETTER, 15 August 1914 - 8 May 1915; two scrapbooks containing press cuttings relating to his command as Flag Officer Malta, August 1950 - September 1952; his commissions and decorations, 1916 - 1952; and a bound volume containing his flimsies, Admiralty letters of appointment, correspondence, press cuttings and autographs as well as notes on the destruction of a German convoy off the Norwegian coast in November 1944 while he was in command of the cruiser HMS KENT.
Content description
Miscellaneous items relating to his naval career, with particular reference to his service as a midshipman in the cruiser HMS NATAL, 1913 - 1915, and his appointment as Flag Officer Malta, 1950 - 1952, including his Midshipman's Journal in HMS NATAL (2nd Cruiser Squadron) containing references to the 1913 naval manoeuvres, the 1914 Spithead Review and news of the loss of the battleship HMS AUDACIOUS in October 1914 as well as details of patrol duties in the northern North Sea and off the Norwegian coast; together with a bound volume containing copies of THE NATAL NEWSLETTER, 15 August 1914 - 8 May 1915; two scrapbooks containing press cuttings relating to his command as Flag Officer Malta, August 1950 - September 1952; his commissions and decorations, 1916 - 1952; and a bound volume containing his flimsies, Admiralty letters of appointment, correspondence, press cuttings and autographs as well as notes on the destruction of a German convoy off the Norwegian coast in November 1944 while he was in command of the cruiser HMS KENT.
History note
Cataloguer JSK
History note
Catalogue date 2002-06-10