Collection GB 0064 LVG - Leveson-Gower, Osbert Charles Gresham, Commander (1888-1968)

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Reference code

GB 0064 LVG

Title

Leveson-Gower, Osbert Charles Gresham, Commander (1888-1968)

Date(s)

  • 1893-1928 (Creation)

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2 1/2ft; 75cm

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Biographical history

Leveson-Gower entered the Navy as a cadet in the BRITANNIA from 1903 until 1905, when he joined the ISIS; in August of the same year he went to the COMMONWEALTH and, apart from a short period in the MARS in 1907, stayed in her until 1908, when he joined the AFRICA; all these ships were based in home waters. As a sub-lieutenant he was on the Mediterranean Station in the DIANA, 1909 to 1910, becoming a lieutenant in 1911. During the First World War he served again in the Mediterranean in the RACOON, 1913 to 1915, the SAPPHO, 1916 to 1917, and the MINERVA, 1918 to 1919, when he became a lieutenant-commander. Between 1920 and 1921 he was in the DAUNTLESS and from 1922 to 1924 was in the COLOMBO, both in home waters. He went out to Hong Kong in 1926 and served in the dockyard there until 1928, retiring as a commander in 1929.

Archival history

GB 0064 LVG 1893-1928 Collection 2 1/2ft; 75cm Gower , Osbert Charles Gresham , Leveson- , 1888-1968 , Commander

Leveson-Gower entered the Navy as a cadet in the BRITANNIA from 1903 until 1905, when he joined the ISIS; in August of the same year he went to the COMMONWEALTH and, apart from a short period in the MARS in 1907, stayed in her until 1908, when he joined the AFRICA; all these ships were based in home waters. As a sub-lieutenant he was on the Mediterranean Station in the DIANA, 1909 to 1910, becoming a lieutenant in 1911. During the First World War he served again in the Mediterranean in the RACOON, 1913 to 1915, the SAPPHO, 1916 to 1917, and the MINERVA, 1918 to 1919, when he became a lieutenant-commander. Between 1920 and 1921 he was in the DAUNTLESS and from 1922 to 1924 was in the COLOMBO, both in home waters. He went out to Hong Kong in 1926 and served in the dockyard there until 1928, retiring as a commander in 1929.

The papers were presented by Commander Leveson-Gower's sister, Miss Victoria Leveson-Gower, in 1969.

Papers of Osbert Charles Gresham Leveson-Gower, including letters home, circulars and telegrams bound into five volumes, 1893 to 1908, and loose letters to Miss Leveson-Gower, 1919 to 1928. There are also two logs, 1905 to 1908.

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English

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

Edited by Sarah Drewery, Sep 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 Commander Leveson-Gower's sister, Miss Victoria Leveson-Gower, in 1969.

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Scope and content

Papers of Osbert Charles Gresham Leveson-Gower, including letters home, circulars and telegrams bound into five volumes, 1893 to 1908, and loose letters to Miss Leveson-Gower, 1919 to 1928. There are also two logs, 1905 to 1908.

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Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Finding aids

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

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National Maritime Museum

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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

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