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Maintenance Log Book for M-Class Destroyers in the British Royal Navy

  • RC0855
  • Stuk
  • 1917

Bound log book titled “Information concerning P.V. Gear in 13th Flotilla”. There is an index of the 26 ships listed in the log: Medway, Moresby, Narborough, Nepean, Nictator, Nereus, Norseman, Obdurate, Octavia, Oracle, Onslow, Oriana, Orpheus, Oriole, Orsis, Oberon, Pelican, Paladin, Penn, Petard, Pigeon, Paisley, Pylades (all Admiralty M-Class); Nerissa and Rival (Yarrow M-Class) and Patrician (Thornycroft M-Class). Following the index, beginning on page 100 are entries about each ship. Paravanes (P.V.) are devices towed behind a vessel at a regulated depth, so that the cable to which it is attached can cut the moorings of submerged mines. It was a new weapon in World War I. In addition to information about the paravanes, the log also contains maintenance and circuit test notes. Two of the destroyers, Oracle (p. 149) and Pasley (p. 169) had collisions with submarines.

Pigeon Service Message

  • RC0550
  • Stuk
  • 1918

The message notifies Headquarters, RGA, of a successful attack by the 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

Military vehicles report

  • RC0488
  • Stuk
  • 1919

Report, prepared by a Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Army Service Corps stationed in Baghdad, describing the performance and maintenance record of military vehicles in Mesopotamia and Persia. It is dated 20 March 1919 and was sent to A.D.T, M.T, at General Headquarters. It contains a complete and detailed report on the work of this depot from 2 March 1918 to 31 January 1919.Carbon typescript, unsigned, 80 pages, plus tabulated lists, drawings, etc., pp. 81-108, followed by drawings, numbered 1-24, of automotive parts and shops.

F.C.B. Crompton memoir

  • RC0876
  • Stuk
  • 1919

The book contains descriptions of events that took place in the Picardie and Artois regions of France in 1918.

Crompton, F.C.B.

A.E. Coppard manuscript

  • RC0866
  • Stuk
  • [192-?]

A manuscript page from The Higgler by A.E. Coppard. On the other side appears is an unidentified typescript.

Coppard, A.E.

Letter to Elizabeth Hudson

  • RC0676
  • Stuk
  • 193-

A letter dated, 27 May 1936, to Elizabeth Hudson. In addition to the letter, there are three newspaper clippings from the 1930s.

Baring, Maurice

Letter to Mr. Bishop / by Gordon Bottomley

  • RC0811
  • Stuk
  • 30 August 1931

Gordon Bottomley was an English poet and playwright, born in Keighley, Yorkshire on 20 February 1874 who began his working life as a bank clerk. He died on 25 August 1948 in Oare, England.

Bottomley, Gordon

Sammy Shields letter

  • RC0650
  • Stuk
  • 27 October 1932

Letter to Louis Katin [?] by Sammy Shields, 27 October 1932.

Shields, Sammy

George Bernard Shaw letter

  • RC0771
  • Stuk
  • 6 June 1939

Letter to Rachel Mahaffy written by Bernard Shaw, 6 June 1939.

Shaw, George Bernard

H. Milligan fonds

  • RC0607
  • Stuk
  • 1940

The notebook titled "Royal Air Force Note Book for Workshop and Laboratory Records", dated 10 April 1940. It contains his notes on tools, carpentry, airplane construction, and hydraulics, as well as many diagrams and sketches, usually coloured.

Milligan, H.

Robert Graves letter

  • RC0667
  • Stuk
  • 4 February 1940

The letter concerns Graves' view of poetry and the availability of his own poetry, presumably in response to a request from Vallette.

Graves, Robert

Pathfinder Squadron Log Book

  • RC0606
  • Stuk
  • 1941-1944

This log book covers Douglas Cameron's period of active service over the European continent (Berlin, Cherbourg, Guernsey, Nuremberg, Genoa, Turin and elsewhere) -- a total of 325 flying hours in daylight and 271 hours at night. Two sorties recorded in the log resulted in the awarding of Victoria Crosses, to Rawdon H. Middleton and Sergeant Bazalgette.

Cameron, Douglas

Letter to Ernest Jones

  • RC0661
  • Stuk
  • 1941

A letter written to Ernest Jones, 10 April 1941, by Oliver Baldwin. The recipient of the letter, Ernest Jones (1879-1958) was a physician, psychoanalyst, and author.

Baldwin, Oliver Ridsdale

H.C. Hass photograph album

  • RC0493
  • Stuk
  • 1942-1943

The album contains photographs belonging to Flight Officer H.C. Hass, RCAF, at Air Observer School #8, Ancienne Lorette, Quebec in 1942-1943. Typically at an AOS, trainees took a 12-week course on aerial photography, reconnaissance, and air navigation, which included 60 to 70 hours of practical experience in the air. The album illustrates Norwegian trainees, New Zealand and Czech liaison officers, wings ceremonies, mess scenes, the hockey team, buildings, planes, as well as scenes in Quebec City. In addition there are photographs of the Quebec Conference in August 1943, including Winston Churchill, Mackenzie King and others; also two photographs of Princess Juliana of the Netherlands making presentations. The album measures 28 x 40 cm and contains 18 leaves with approximately 126 photographs. Most photographs are 8 x 11 cm but some are as large as 25 x 21 cm.

British Commonwealth Air Training Program

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