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- Created 1914 (Creation)
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1 file
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Born in 1895; Clerk, HMS INFLEXIBLE, 1912-1915; died in 1983.
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GB 0099 KCLMA Laborde Created 1914 Collection (fonds) 1 file
Born in 1895; Clerk, HMS INFLEXIBLE, 1912-1915; died in 1983.
Copies made by the Centre in 1983 from originals lent by the family.
Photocopies of papers relating the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 Dec 1914, comprising letter from Laborde to his father describing the action, written on 13 Dec 1914; account of the battle written by 1 and 2 Gunnery Officers of the German armoured cruiser GNEISENAU, 1914.
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.
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.
Imperial War Museum
Feb 1997 Gneisenau , German armoured crusier , 1906 Military operations International conflicts War Military engineering Warfare Maritime warfare Wars (events) World wars (events) World War One (1914-1918) Transport Vehicles Ships HMS Flexible Falkland Islands South America Atlantic Ocean Oceans
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Copies made by the Centre in 1983 from originals lent by the family.
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Photocopies of papers relating the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 Dec 1914, comprising letter from Laborde to his father describing the action, written on 13 Dec 1914; account of the battle written by 1 and 2 Gunnery Officers of the German armoured cruiser GNEISENAU, 1914.
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1 file
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
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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.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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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.
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- English