GB 0099 KCLMA Goldsmith - GOLDSMITH, V Adm Sir (Malcolm) Lennon (1880-1955)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Goldsmith Created 1914-1919, 1983 Collection (fonds) 1 file

Born in 1880; entered RN, 1894; commanded torpedo boat destroyer HMS LAERTES, 1913-1916; promoted to Cdr following action at Heligoland Bight, Aug 1914; commanded HMS LYDIARD, Jutland, 1916; served in Black Sea, 1919; Capt, 1919; King's Harbourmaster and Captain of Dockyard, Malta, 1926-1928; in command of HMS HAREBELL, as Captain of Fishery and Minesweeping Flotillas, 1929-1930; Naval ADC to the King, 1931; R Adm and retired list, 1931; V Adm, 1936; died in 1955.

Copies made by the Centre in 1983 from originals held by the family.

Photocopy of typescript copy of letters to his father, J P Goldsmith, 1914-1919, covering his service in the North Sea, 1914-1918, notably action at Heligoland Bight, Aug 1914, and the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, and in the Black Sea during the Russian Civil War, 1919, written in 1914-1919, with copy of covering letter from his daughter to the Centre, 1983.

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

Liddle Collection, Leeds University, holds the original letters.

Aug 1996 Armed forces Black Sea Civil war Denmark Eastern Europe Europe Goldsmith , J P , fl 1914-1919 , father of Vice-Admiral Sir Malcolm Lennon Goldsmith Goldsmith , Sir , Malcolm Lennox , 1880-1955 , Knight , Vice Admiral Heligoland Bight International conflicts International relations Jutland Military engineering Military operations Military organizations Naval personnel Northern Europe North Sea Organizations Political movements RN , Royal Navy x Royal Navy Russia Russian Civil War (1917-1922) Seas State security War Warfare Western Europe Crimea

Copies made by the Centre in 1983 from originals held by the family.

Photocopy of typescript copy of letters to his father, J P Goldsmith, 1914-1919, covering his service in the North Sea, 1914-1918, notably action at Heligoland Bight, Aug 1914, and the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, and in the Black Sea during the Russian Civil War, 1919, written in 1914-1919, with copy of covering letter from his daughter to the Centre, 1983.

1 file

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

• Engels