Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- Created 1939-1964 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 box or 0.01 cubic metres
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
1910; educated at Huddersfield College and Leeds University; commissioned into Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1939; served in HMS GLOUCESTER and HMS ORION, World War Two, 1939-1945; transferred to Royal Navy in 1946; Rear Admiral, 1962; Director of Engineering and Training Division, Admiralty, and Deputy Chairman of Naval Engineering officer, 1962-1965; retired in 1965; died in 1987.
Archival history
GB 0099 KCLMA Raven Created 1939-1964 Collection (fonds) 1 box or 0.01 cubic metres
1910; educated at Huddersfield College and Leeds University; commissioned into Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1939; served in HMS GLOUCESTER and HMS ORION, World War Two, 1939-1945; transferred to Royal Navy in 1946; Rear Admiral, 1962; Director of Engineering and Training Division, Admiralty, and Deputy Chairman of Naval Engineering officer, 1962-1965; retired in 1965; died in 1987.
Placed in the Centre by the family in 1991.
Papers relating to service in HMS GLOUCESTER, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, World War Two, including photocopy of diary, 1939-1940, naval messages, 1940-1943, and photographs; official service records, 1941-1958; and papers relating to naval career, 1949-1964, including article dated 1965, 'A Perspective View of Naval Engineering', on the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy.
Arranged chronologically in sections according to service.
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
Detailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
Decorations: CB
Jun 1996 Literary forms and genres Prose Nonfiction Diaries State security Armed forces Transport Vehicles Ships Information sources Documents Primary documents Visual materials Photographs International conflicts War Transport engineering Marine engineering Wars (events) World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) Organizations Military organizations Military engineering Warfare Literature Naval engineering Electrical engineering International relations HMS Gloucester RN , Royal Navy x Royal Navy Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Placed in the Centre by the family in 1991.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers relating to service in HMS GLOUCESTER, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, World War Two, including photocopy of diary, 1939-1940, naval messages, 1940-1943, and photographs; official service records, 1941-1958; and papers relating to naval career, 1949-1964, including article dated 1965, 'A Perspective View of Naval Engineering', on the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically in sections according to service.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction
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.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Detailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Publication note
Decorations: CB
Notes area
Note
Decorations: CB
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- Literary forms and genres
- Literary forms and genres » Prose
- State security
- State security » Armed forces
- Transport
- Vehicles
- Vehicles » Ships
- Information sources
- Documents
- Documents » Primary documents
- Visual materials
- Visual materials » Photographs
- International conflicts
- International conflicts » War
- Transport engineering
- Transport engineering » Marine engineering
- Organizations
- Military engineering
- Military engineering » Warfare
- Literature
- Electrical engineering
- International relations
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Language(s)
- English