Letters from Admiral Lord Charles W.D. Beresford, 1908.
Three letters from Admiral Lord Charles W.D. Beresford, Commander-in-Chief of the Channel Fleet, on the battleship HMS KING EDWARD VII (1903), dated 30 June, 10 July and 2 November 1908 (with two envelopes). They mainly discuss exercises of the Channel Fleet and the fitting of training indicators to turrets. Enclosed is a copy of a typescript letter to Beresford from W. Graham Greene at the Admiralty, dated 20 February 1908, and a printed memorandum entitled ‘Cruising Order for a Large Fleet’, issued by Beresford on 14 June 1908.
Record Details
| Item reference: | NOE/52/3/26 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 8 sheets; 2 envelopes |
| Date made: | 1881; 1892 1893 1896 1902 1904 1904-1906 1905 1907 1907-1908 1908 |
| Creator: | Beresford, Charles William de la Poer |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |