Subarquivo GB 0064 DAN/701-707 - Dannreuther, Captain Hubert Harold (b 1917)

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GB 0064 DAN/701-707 1927-1949 Subfonds 1 box Dannreuther , Hubert Harold , b 1917 , Captain

Hubert Harold Dannreuther, the son of Rear-Admiral Harold Edward Dannreuther and the brother of Captain Raymond Portal Dannreuther, entered the Navy as a cadet in 1934, training on HMS FROBISHER. He then served as a midshipman on HMS AJAX on the American and West Indies Station. He was appointed Sub-Lieutenant on HMS KENT, China Station, in January 1938. On the eve of the Second World War, in June 1939, he was promoted to lieutenant and during the war he served on HMS COSSACK before becoming an assistant gunnery officer on HMS HOWE. After attending the gunnery school at HMS EXCELLENT in Portsmouth in 1943, Hubert Harold Dannreuther was posted to HMS QULLIAM followed by HMS EURYALUS. On 30 Jun 1957 Hubert Harold Dannreuther was appointed a captain, having been a Commander since December 1951 in charge of HMS STRIKER, HMS DIAMOND AND HMS EXCELLENT. Hubert Harold Dannreuther retired from The Royal Navy in 1966. Hubert Harold Dannreuther married Oriole Angela Burdett-Coutts and they had two daughters and one son.

These papers were acquired from J and L Spake in 1984.

Papers of Hubert Harold Dannreuther comprising:

Copies of HMS Frobisher Magazine dated Dec 1933, Jun and Dec 1934

Manuscript notes on general navigation

Letter of Appointment as Sub-Lieutenant dated 6 Jun 1938 with effect from 29 Apr 1938

HMS KENT Programme of Commission 3 Jul 1938 to 27 Aug 1939 and 18 to 24 Sep 1939. Photograph of some of the crew of HMS KENT, China Station

Scrapbook mostly relating to HMS KENT, China Station 1938 to 1939 containing photographs, press cuttings, personal letters, service papers etc.

A wallet containing 90 negatives of a trip around the world on P and O 1927 to 1929

Letters from Harold Hubert Dannreuther to his mother dated 1 Jun to 11 Dec 1949.

Arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

English

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jun 2011.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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These papers were acquired from J and L Spake in 1984.

Papers of Hubert Harold Dannreuther comprising:

Copies of HMS Frobisher Magazine dated Dec 1933, Jun and Dec 1934

Manuscript notes on general navigation

Letter of Appointment as Sub-Lieutenant dated 6 Jun 1938 with effect from 29 Apr 1938

HMS KENT Programme of Commission 3 Jul 1938 to 27 Aug 1939 and 18 to 24 Sep 1939. Photograph of some of the crew of HMS KENT, China Station

Scrapbook mostly relating to HMS KENT, China Station 1938 to 1939 containing photographs, press cuttings, personal letters, service papers etc.

A wallet containing 90 negatives of a trip around the world on P and O 1927 to 1929

Letters from Harold Hubert Dannreuther to his mother dated 1 Jun to 11 Dec 1949.

Arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Please contact the Archive for further information.

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English

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• inglês