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- Created 1941-[1959] (Création/Production)
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0.5 box or 0.005 cubic metres
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Notice biographique
Born Megan Foster in 1898; noted soprano; married Cdr Ernest John Spooner, 1926; accompanied him to his final posting in Singapore as R Adm, Malaya, 1941-1942; evacuated immediately prior to the fall of Singapore, 1942; died in 1987.
Histoire archivistique
GB 0099 KCLMA Spooner Created 1941-[1959] Collection (fonds) 0.5 box or 0.005 cubic metres
Born Megan Foster in 1898; noted soprano; married Cdr Ernest John Spooner, 1926; accompanied him to his final posting in Singapore as R Adm, Malaya, 1941-1942; evacuated immediately prior to the fall of Singapore, 1942; died in 1987.
Placed in the Centre by the family in 1989, 1991 and 2001.
Papers relating to her life in Singapore, 1941-1942, dated 1941-[1959], principally comprising diaries and personal letters describing her voyage to Malaya, 1941, and life in Singapore, 1941-1942; press cuttings, 1942, 1945-1946, relating to R Adm Ernest John Spooner's appointment as R Adm Malaya, 1942, and to his death on the island of Chibia (Tjibia, Tjebia) following his escape from Singapore, 1942; photographs, 1940, 1946, notably of Capt Sir David Bone and his search party on Chibia during their search for R Adm Spooner, 1946; correspondence relating to Megan Spooner's claim for war damages, 1945-1947. Also an account, 'Fall of Singapore and the Dutch East Indies and defence of Ceylon' by Capt Andrew Nichol Grey, RN, detailing his experiences on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Far East, ACM Sir (Henry) Robert (Moore) Brooke-Popham and subsequently Gen Sir Henry Royds Pownall, from early 1941 to Feb 1942, written [1946].
The papers are arranged in the following sections: diaries and narrative accounts; correspondence; photographs; press cuttings; other papers.
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided 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.
Royal Naval Museum, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, holds two journals kept by Midshipman Ernest John Spooner during his service on HMS GOLIATH and HMS HIBERNIA.
Apr 1997 Wars (events) Asia Bone , Sir , David William , 1874-1959 , Knight , RN Captain Chibia Island Diaries Documents Grey , Andrew Nichol , fl 1042-1946 , RN Captain Information sources International conflicts Literary forms and genres Literature Malaysia Nonfiction Popham , Sir , Henry Robert Moore , Brooke- , 1878-1953 , Knight , Air Chief Marshal x Brooke-Popham , Sir , Henry Robert Moore Primary documents Prose Singapore South East Asia Spooner , Ernest John , d 1946 , Rear Admiral Tjebia Tjibia Island War World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Placed in the Centre by the family in 1989, 1991 and 2001.
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Portée et contenu
Papers relating to her life in Singapore, 1941-1942, dated 1941-[1959], principally comprising diaries and personal letters describing her voyage to Malaya, 1941, and life in Singapore, 1941-1942; press cuttings, 1942, 1945-1946, relating to R Adm Ernest John Spooner's appointment as R Adm Malaya, 1942, and to his death on the island of Chibia (Tjibia, Tjebia) following his escape from Singapore, 1942; photographs, 1940, 1946, notably of Capt Sir David Bone and his search party on Chibia during their search for R Adm Spooner, 1946; correspondence relating to Megan Spooner's claim for war damages, 1945-1947. Also an account, 'Fall of Singapore and the Dutch East Indies and defence of Ceylon' by Capt Andrew Nichol Grey, RN, detailing his experiences on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Far East, ACM Sir (Henry) Robert (Moore) Brooke-Popham and subsequently Gen Sir Henry Royds Pownall, from early 1941 to Feb 1942, written [1946].
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Mode de classement
The papers are arranged in the following sections: diaries and narrative accounts; correspondence; photographs; press cuttings; other papers.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Conditions de reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided 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.
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
- latin
Notes de langue et graphie
English
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Royal Naval Museum, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, holds two journals kept by Midshipman Ernest John Spooner during his service on HMS GOLIATH and HMS HIBERNIA.
Instruments de recherche
Detailed catalogue available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.
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Langue(s)
- anglais