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- [1913-1920] (Creation)
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1 file
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Born in [1893]; served in China on HMS MINOTAUR, 1913, on HMS LYDIARD, 1914-1915, HMS HARDY, 1917, and in Baltic on HMS VEGA, 1920; died in 1959.
Archival history
GB 0099 KCLMA Marsden Smedley J B A [1913-1920] Collection (Fonds) 1 file Smedley , John Bertram Aubrey Marsden , [1893]-1959 , Commander RN
Born in [1893]; served in China on HMS MINOTAUR, 1913, on HMS LYDIARD, 1914-1915, HMS HARDY, 1917, and in Baltic on HMS VEGA, 1920; died in 1959.
Copies made by the Centre in 1986 from originals loaned by the family.
Papers of Cdr John Bertram Aubrey Marsden Smedley, comprising photocopies of correspondence, 1913-1920, principally comprising letters to his parents, 1913-1920, including letter written from HMS MINOTAUR, China Station describing naval manoeuvres during a rebellion in Shanghai, 1913, and letter written from HMS VEGA describing tour of duty in the Baltic, 1920. Two copy photographs, one of HMS LYDIARD, [1914-1915], and one of Marsden Smedley, [1913-1920].
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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Detailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
LIDDELL HART CENTRE FOR MILITARY ARCHIVES, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON holds the papers of his wife, Agatha H Marsden Smedley (Ref: GB0099 KCLMA Marsden Smedley A H)
Feb 1997 China East Asia HMS Lydiard HMS Minotaur HMS Vega International conflicts RN , Royal Navy x Royal Navy Shanghai Shanghai Shi Smedley , John Bertram Aubrey Marsden , [1893]-1959 , Commander RN x Marsden Smedley , John Bertram Aubrey War World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) Wars (events)
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Copies made by the Centre in 1986 from originals loaned by the family.
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Papers of Cdr John Bertram Aubrey Marsden Smedley, comprising photocopies of correspondence, 1913-1920, principally comprising letters to his parents, 1913-1920, including letter written from HMS MINOTAUR, China Station describing naval manoeuvres during a rebellion in Shanghai, 1913, and letter written from HMS VEGA describing tour of duty in the Baltic, 1920. Two copy photographs, one of HMS LYDIARD, [1914-1915], and one of Marsden Smedley, [1913-1920].
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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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LIDDELL HART CENTRE FOR MILITARY ARCHIVES, KING'S COLLEGE LONDON holds the papers of his wife, Agatha H Marsden Smedley (Ref: GB0099 KCLMA Marsden Smedley A H)
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Detailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
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- English