THE WAVE H.M.S. KING ALFRED MAGAZINE

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quarterly

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[Successor to "K.A.: H.M.S. King Alfred magazine"]

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1942 Vol. 1. No. 1, Oct.

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1943 No. 2, Jan.; no. 3, April; no. 4, July; no. 5, Oct.

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1944 No. 6, Jan.

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Vol. 2. No. 1, April; no. 2, July; no. 3, Oct.

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1945 No. 4, Jan.; no. 5, April; no. 6, July

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Vol. 3. No. 1, Oct.; no. 2, Sept.

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[Ceased publication]

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[Issues, which lack original covers, are held as two bound volumes]

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Category: Newspapers and journals
Related period: Second World War (content)
Creator: H.M.S. King Alfred, Hove, Sussex (Publisher)
Catalogue number: LBY E. 8797

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Welcome to Guam : H.M.S. King George V, H.M.S. Troubridge, H.M.S. Tenacious, H.M.S. Termagent : 28 May 1945

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