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Edelsten's account of the Battle of Jutland.

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Correspondence on the Battle of Jutland, 31 May-1 Jun 1916.

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Notes, papers, charts, press cuttings, letters and reports concerning the Battle of Jutland. Includes around 183 naval signals sent between 14.00 on 31 May 1916 and 12.00 on 01 June 1916. Also includes copy of Vice-Admiral David Beatty's report to the Commander-in-Chief, Grand Fleet [Admiral Sir John Jellicoe], and the Admiralty Intelligence Division's German account of the battle, compiled from official material.

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Draft chapters and correspondence about the battle.

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Miscellaneous papers on an article for "The Navy" for the 50th anniversary of the battle.

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Admiralty narrative, Naval Staff appreciation and Colonel R C Curtis's narrative.

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Damaged by shrapnel and inscribed "Part Of Plate From Charthouse Of HMS Southampton, Battle of Jutland, 31st May 1916".
Mounted on a separate stand made of wood and velvet.

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Copies from the Oswald Frewen papers (from [?] BM).

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Papers comprising diaries, correspondence, manuscripts of books, articles, lectures, broadcasts, preparatory notes, copies of original papers used in research, card indexes, subject files for the official naval history of the Second World War, press cuttings, microfilms and photographs.

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All copies of this book were ordered to be destroyed by Admiral Madden as 1st Sea Lord, 1928. The story of how this copy survived is enclosed in the book.

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The collection includes: letters collected by Leslie while working on the biography of Beatty, notes by him, and extracts from a diary, and his manuscript and typescript drafts; letters dealing both with the production of "The Epic of Jutland" and its reception; and letters from Beatty to Eugenie Godfrey Faussett.

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Letters between Anthony Pollen and Ann Gurney, Walsingham Abbey, Norfolk, about Commander Frederick Ogilvy (her father), his naval career and relationship with Sir John Fisher, and the Ogilvy family papers. Anthony Pollen deemed Ogilvy to be 'AHP's keenest, ablest, and most faithfull [sic] supporter'. Including photocopies of photographs and transcriptions of letters in Ann Gurney's possession relating to her father and family history.

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Printed copies of AHP's privately-circulated papers and correspondence on naval gunnery and strategy, including papers relating to his inventions and articles by contemporary authors.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Probably the most interesting items in the Haldane papers are the very detailed and informative journals Haldane kept during his tours of the power installations of Russia, Sweden and America in the nineteen thirties and of New Zealand in the nineteen fifties. The collection also contains many articles on electrical power by Haldane together with notes and drafts of talks and lectures. There is also very interesting correspondence with Sir John Cockcroft and Dr. Monty Finniston about atomic...

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Miscellaneous notes and diagrams, including research into AHP's A. C. System. Possibly compiled by Anthony Pollen to illustrate the impact AHP's inventions could have had if deployed at the Battle of Jutland.

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The collection includes: letters collected by Leslie while working on the biography of Beatty, notes by him, and extracts from a diary, and his manuscript and typescript drafts; letters dealing both with the production of "The Epic of Jutland" and its reception; and letters from Beatty to Eugenie Godfrey Faussett.

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Letters from Fisher to his family, including his brother Herbert Fisher, Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield University, while serving on HMS Raleigh in South Africa and HMS St Vincent. Subjects include an attempted murder on board the Raleigh, a visit by Queen Alexandra and the Battle of Jutland, particularly the loss of HMS Invincible, with a photograph of the wreck of the Invincible following the battle.

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Includes Daniel's account of the Battle of Jutland and further notes on [?] signals and wireless.

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Bundle of maps, charts, and other diagrams connected with Anthony Pollen's book project and research into the Battle of Jutland.

Scope and Contents Autobiographical account by George Allen written for his family covering his life and naval career, highlighting key events and turning points and analysing his response to them. Also includes details of people, colleagues and family members. Subjects, issues and people covered include: childhood and education; his mother, Beatrice Allen (née Wilkinson, known as Betty) and her circumstances and career; joining the Royal Navy aged 12, naval traditions, reforms to the navy by [Sir...

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Subjects include: the state of scientific research; progress of photophone and selenium cell experiments, and the transmission of sound; a scheme for dropping bombs from balloons; the Government's undertaking to publish papers about the Dardanelles Campaign; an account of the Battle of Jutland from Admiral Sir John Jellicoe [Commander of the Grand Fleet].

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Includes: pamphlet "Germany and England", a reprint of a series of Daily Mail articles by Robert Blatchford, Editor of the Clarion, on the chances of Germany declaring war on Britain, given to Else by JWHM; part of the pamphlet "The Jutland Battle, By Two Who Took part in It", typed letters from a sailor to his parents following the Battle of Jutland.

Scope and Contents Including photographs of damage to HMS Southampton after the Battle of Jutland, 1916; expeditions to Norway, including Kors Fjord, undated, and Russia with Sir Eric Geddes, including Murmansk, 1918; a band of musicians on board ship, undated, and deck hockey and acrobatics, undated; and submarines, airships, aeroplanes and other ships, including HMS Furious, HMS Chatham, HMS Repulse, HMS Birkenhead, HMS Chester, HMS Ramillies, HMS Shannon, HMS Minotaur, USS Delaware, and the Russian...

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Sextant belonging to Midshipman (later Rear Admiral) R M Dick, damaged by a shell exploding in the gunroom of HMS Barham at Jutland.

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Papers comprising correspondence, a diary, articles, lectures, broadcasts and press cuttings
Including letters from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Jellicoe, 1906-34 (168), with other letters and papers about Jellicoe; papers about the Battle of Jutland, 1916-55; and papers about the Invergordon Mutiny, 1931-7.