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Two Midshipman's journals covering his service in the battleship HMS GLORY on the China Station (November 1900 - November 1903), and a printed history of the commission (33pp); together with his private diaries in 34 volumes (1899 - 1932) covering his time as a cadet in the training ship HMS BRITANNIA, Dartmouth (May 1899 - August 1900), as a Midshipman and Sub Lieutenant in HMS GLORY on the China Station (November 1900 - November 1903) on his Lieutenant's courses at the Royal Naval Colleges, Greenwich and Portsmouth (January 1904 - March 1905), and then in Home waters as an Officer in submarines HMS B1 (May - October 1905), HMS B2 (October 1905 - January 1907), and in command of submarines A11 (January - June 1907), C10 (June 1907 - August 1908), on an Army ballooning course (September - November 1908), as an officer of the watch in the cruiser HMS DEFENCE (January - December 1909), attached to the Balloon and Airship Section as the Admiralty representative standing by during the construction of Naval Airship No 1 'Mayfly' at Barrow (December 1909 - December 1911), in command of submarine C14 (May 1912 - March 1913) based in Plymouth, in command of submarine E6 (March 1913 - January 1915) at Harwich by July 1914 with 8th submarine flotilla for war patrols in the North Sea and Heligoland Bight, including the battle of Heligoland Bight (August 1914), and Christmas day raid on Cuxhaven (December 1914), in command of submarine E16 (February - November 1916), including the sinking of the German destroyer SMS V188 (July 1915), and German submarine U6 (September 1915), in command of submarine J5 (November 1915 - September 1916), 11th submarine flotilla from July 1916, based at Blyth; on the staff of Commodore-in-command of submarines at the Admiralty (September 1916 - September 1918) mostly on accept trials on new submarines, being examined by psychologist (January 1918), the K-class submarines disasters; in command of HMS AMBROSE, depot ship to 4th submarine flotilla at Plymouth (September 1918 - September 1919), at Plymouth on armistice day, with 6th submarine flotilla on China station (September 1919), in command of HMS AMBROSE, sub depot ship to 6th submarine flotilla on China station (December 1919 - August 1920), in command of 2nd Submarine Flotilla from HMS LUCIA based on Plymouth (October 1920 - July 1921), in command of HMS INCONSTANT and 1st Submarine flotilla based on various home ports (July 1921 - March 1922), as CSO to Rear Admiral (subs) (March 1922 - December 1924), the loss of L24 (January 1924), on a Senior Officer's Courses (January - July 1925), in command of aircraft carrier HMS HERMES on China station (July 1925 - February 1926) and with Mediterranean Fleet (March - August 1926), as Head of Naval Air Section at the Admiralty (September 1926 - December 1928), on Senior Officer's course (January - March 1929), in command of the battlecruiser HMS RENOWN, as Flagship and CSO to Rear Admiral Pound commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet (April 1929 - December 1930); on the IDC course (January - December 1931) and a SO technical course (January - March 1932).
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Two Midshipman's journals covering his service in the battleship HMS GLORY on the China Station (November 1900 - November 1903), and a printed history of the commission (33pp); together with his private diaries in 34 volumes (1899 - 1932) covering his time as a cadet in the training ship HMS BRITANNIA, Dartmouth (May 1899 - August 1900), as a Midshipman and Sub Lieutenant in HMS GLORY on the China Station (November 1900 - November 1903) on his Lieutenant's courses at the Royal Naval Colleges, Greenwich and Portsmouth (January 1904 - March 1905), and then in Home waters as an Officer in submarines HMS B1 (May - October 1905), HMS B2 (October 1905 - January 1907), and in command of submarines A11 (January - June 1907), C10 (June 1907 - August 1908), on an Army ballooning course (September - November 1908), as an officer of the watch in the cruiser HMS DEFENCE (January - December 1909), attached to the Balloon and Airship Section as the Admiralty representative standing by during the construction of Naval Airship No 1 'Mayfly' at Barrow (December 1909 - December 1911), in command of submarine C14 (May 1912 - March 1913) based in Plymouth, in command of submarine E6 (March 1913 - January 1915) at Harwich by July 1914 with 8th submarine flotilla for war patrols in the North Sea and Heligoland Bight, including the battle of Heligoland Bight (August 1914), and Christmas day raid on Cuxhaven (December 1914), in command of submarine E16 (February - November 1916), including the sinking of the German destroyer SMS V188 (July 1915), and German submarine U6 (September 1915), in command of submarine J5 (November 1915 - September 1916), 11th submarine flotilla from July 1916, based at Blyth; on the staff of Commodore-in-command of submarines at the Admiralty (September 1916 - September 1918) mostly on accept trials on new submarines, being examined by psychologist (January 1918), the K-class submarines disasters; in command of HMS AMBROSE, depot ship to 4th submarine flotilla at Plymouth (September 1918 - September 1919), at Plymouth on armistice day, with 6th submarine flotilla on China station (September 1919), in command of HMS AMBROSE, sub depot ship to 6th submarine flotilla on China station (December 1919 - August 1920), in command of 2nd Submarine Flotilla from HMS LUCIA based on Plymouth (October 1920 - July 1921), in command of HMS INCONSTANT and 1st Submarine flotilla based on various home ports (July 1921 - March 1922), as CSO to Rear Admiral (subs) (March 1922 - December 1924), the loss of L24 (January 1924), on a Senior Officer's Courses (January - July 1925), in command of aircraft carrier HMS HERMES on China station (July 1925 - February 1926) and with Mediterranean Fleet (March - August 1926), as Head of Naval Air Section at the Admiralty (September 1926 - December 1928), on Senior Officer's course (January - March 1929), in command of the battlecruiser HMS RENOWN, as Flagship and CSO to Rear Admiral Pound commanding Battle Cruiser Squadron, Atlantic Fleet (April 1929 - December 1930); on the IDC course (January - December 1931) and a SO technical course (January - March 1932).
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