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- [1890-1919] (Creation)
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2ft; 61cm
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Biographical history
Hampshire entered the Navy in 1888. He served from 1890 to 1892 in the Benbow and Immortalite, Mediterranean Station and from late 1892 in the Cleopatra, North America and West Indies Station. He became a lieutenant in 1896 and retired in 1910 as a commander, although he served again during the First World War. He was present at the Dardanelles landing and later commanded the ST GEORGE, base ship at Mudros.
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GB 0064 HMP [1890-1919] Collection 2ft; 61cm Hampshire , Cyril Beaumont , c 1875-1963 , Commander
Hampshire entered the Navy in 1888. He served from 1890 to 1892 in the Benbow and Immortalite, Mediterranean Station and from late 1892 in the Cleopatra, North America and West Indies Station. He became a lieutenant in 1896 and retired in 1910 as a commander, although he served again during the First World War. He was present at the Dardanelles landing and later commanded the ST GEORGE, base ship at Mudros.
The papers were presented by Miss J.M. Hampshire in 1964.
Papers of Commander Cyril Beaumont Hampshire, including two logs, 1890 to 1894, but no papers survive for Hampshire's subsequent peacetime service. The loose papers and charts relate to the Aegean, 1915 to 1919.
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English
Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .
Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jul 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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The papers were presented by Miss J.M. Hampshire in 1964.
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Papers of Commander Cyril Beaumont Hampshire, including two logs, 1890 to 1894, but no papers survive for Hampshire's subsequent peacetime service. The loose papers and charts relate to the Aegean, 1915 to 1919.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .
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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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- English