GB 0099 KCLMA Bethell A E - BETHELL, Adm Hon Sir Alexander Edward (1855-1932)

3 boxes or 0.03 cubic metres

GB 0099 KCLMA Bethell A E 1865-1979 Collection (fonds) 3 boxes or 0.03 cubic metres Bethell , Hon , Sir , Alexander Edward , 1855-1932 , Knight , Admiral
Born in 1855; entered the Royal Navy in 1869; Sub Lt, 1875; Lt, 1878; Commander, 1891; Capt, 1898; Assistant Director of Torpedoes, 1903-1907; R Adm, 1908; Director of Naval Intelligence, 1909-1912; Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, 1912; Vice Adm, 1913; commander, Royal Naval War College, Portsmouth, 1913-1914; commanded battleships of 3 Fleet, 1914; commander, Channel Fleet, 1915; Adm, 1916; Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, 1916-1918; Adm commanding Coast Guard and Reserves; retired, 1918; died in 1932.

Placed in the Centre by the family in 1986.

Papers relating to early naval career, 1872-1907 including midshipman's log books; papers relating to service as Director of Naval Intelligence, 1909-1912, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, 1911-1918, commander of Royal Naval War College, Portsmouth, 1913-1914, commander of 3 Battle Fleet and Channel Fleet, 1914-1915 and Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, 1916-1918; correspondence with Adm Sir Alexander Duff, 1917-1918, AF Lord Fisher, 1909-1918 and AF Lord Jellicoe, 1913-1918; personal papers and correspondence, 1865-1932; miscellaneous papers, 1901-1911; correspondence between the family and researchers using the papers, 1935-1979.

The papers are arranged in sections according to military service. Correspondence with senior naval personnel, personal papers and correspondence, miscellaneous papers and correspondence with researchers have been grouped separately

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
English

Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Decorations: KCB, GCMG
Jun 1996 Armed forces Bethell , Sir , Alexander Edward , 1855-1932 , Knight , Admiral Devon Duff , Sir , Alexander Ludovic , 1862-1933 , Knight , Admiral Dutch East Indies East Indies England Europe Fisher , John Arbuthnot , 1841-1920 , 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone , Admiral of the Fleet x Fisher of Kilverstone , 1st Baron Higher science education Indonesia International conflicts International relations Jellicoe , John Rushworth , 1859-1935 , 1st Earl Jellicoe , Admiral of the Fleet x Jellicoe , 1st Earl Military education Military organizations Organizations Plymouth RN , Royal Navy x Royal Navy South East Asia State security UK War Western Europe World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) Wars (events) London

Placed in the Centre by the family in 1986.

Papers relating to early naval career, 1872-1907 including midshipman's log books; papers relating to service as Director of Naval Intelligence, 1909-1912, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, 1911-1918, commander of Royal Naval War College, Portsmouth, 1913-1914, commander of 3 Battle Fleet and Channel Fleet, 1914-1915 and Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, 1916-1918; correspondence with Adm Sir Alexander Duff, 1917-1918, AF Lord Fisher, 1909-1918 and AF Lord Jellicoe, 1913-1918; personal papers and correspondence, 1865-1932; miscellaneous papers, 1901-1911; correspondence between the family and researchers using the papers, 1935-1979.

The papers are arranged in sections according to military service. Correspondence with senior naval personnel, personal papers and correspondence, miscellaneous papers and correspondence with researchers have been grouped separately

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

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English

Summary guide available on-line at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/top.htm, and in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Decorations: KCB, GCMG

Decorations: KCB, GCMG

• Engels