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Copy of broadcast by the First Sea Lord, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, leaving New Zealand after a visit, 8 April 1956, 1956-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/VILL 2/2

Scope and Contents

From the Fonds:

Naval correspondence, reports and photograph albums relating to the naval career of Villiers and his father, Rear Admiral Edward Cecil Villiers. (Edward Cecil Villiers, 1866-1939, served in Naval Intelligence Depart 1903-1905; he was Captain of the RN College, Greenwich, 1906-1908; of Actæon Torpedo School Ship, 1912; Rear-Admiral retired, 1917; after retirement continued to serve as Rear-Admiral in HMS Actæon until end of the war; commanded the flotillas defending the estuary of the Thames and the Port of London for the whole duration of the War)

Dates

  • Creation: 1956-04

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Churchill Archives.

Extent

1 item(s) (1 gathering in envelope)

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2003-02-07 13:17:40+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087