GB 0099 KCLMA Grenfell - GRENFELL, Capt Russell, RN (fl 1914-1944)

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GB 0099 KCLMA Grenfell Created 1916, [1944]-1945, 1978 Collection (fonds) 2 files

Lt, 1914; served on HMS REVENGE, Battle of Jutland, 1916; Lt Cdr, 1922; Cdr, 1927; served on teaching staff of Royal Naval College, Greenwich; publication of A cruiser commander's orders (Gieves, Portsmouth, 1933), The art of the admiral (Faber and Faber, London, 1937), Sea power in the next war (Geoffrey Bles, London, 1938), The men who defend us (Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1938) and Service pay (Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1944); correspondent for The Sunday Times, HMS SCYLLA, 1944; visited Germany, 1945; publication of The Bismarck episode (Faber and Faber, London, 1948), Nelson the sailor (Faber and Faber, London, 1949), Main fleet to Singapore (Faber and Faber, London, 1951), Unconditional hatred (Devin-Adair Co, New York, 1954).

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1996.

Copy of his account of Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, written on 4 Jun 1916. Copy of text of his despatch from HMS SCYLLA on the Normandy landings, 6-7 Jun 1944, broadcast on the [Forces Programme], 7 Jun 1944, with covering letter, 24 Jun 1944. Copies of extracts from his diary covering his discussion with Adm Hon Sir Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay about the planningof the Normandy landings, Dec [1944], and his visit to Germany, Jun 1945, including his observations on German scientific and technical developments and his interviews with British and German naval officers. Two letters to Grenfell's wife from Baron von Müllenheim-Rechberg, a survivor of the sinking of the Bismarck, May 1941, dated 1978, concerning Grenfell's book The Bismarckepisode (Faber and Faber, London, 1948).

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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,published in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

Baron von Müllenheim-Rechberg's letters to Grenfell's wife are held at the National Maritime Museum (Ref:MS 89/065).

Nov 1996 Rechberg , Burkard , von , Müllenheim- , fl 1941-1980 , Count , German naval officer x Müllenheim-Rechberg , Burkard von x von Müllenheim-Rechberg , Burkard x Mullenheim-Rechberg , Burkard von Ramsay , Sir , Alexander Robert Maule , 1881-1972 , Knight , Admiral International relations State security Armed forces Warfare Transport engineering Maritime warfare Ships Vehicles Transport Shipbuilding Marine engineering International conflicts War Wars (events) World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Military engineering Military operations Operation Overlord (1944) Organizations Military organizations Bismarck , German battleship , 1939 German Navy HMS Scylla RN , Royal Navy x Royal Navy Jutland Denmark Northern Europe Western Europe Europe

Presented to the Centre by the family in 1996.

Copy of his account of Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, written on 4 Jun 1916. Copy of text of his despatch from HMS SCYLLA on the Normandy landings, 6-7 Jun 1944, broadcast on the [Forces Programme], 7 Jun 1944, with covering letter, 24 Jun 1944. Copies of extracts from his diary covering his discussion with Adm Hon Sir Alexander Robert Maule Ramsay about the planningof the Normandy landings, Dec [1944], and his visit to Germany, Jun 1945, including his observations on German scientific and technical developments and his interviews with British and German naval officers. Two letters to Grenfell's wife from Baron von Müllenheim-Rechberg, a survivor of the sinking of the Bismarck, May 1941, dated 1978, concerning Grenfell's book The Bismarckepisode (Faber and Faber, London, 1948).

2 files

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

• Latin

English

Baron von Müllenheim-Rechberg's letters to Grenfell's wife are held at the National Maritime Museum (Ref:MS 89/065).

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

• English