Various photographs and papers concerning the Scott Memorial and Snook's Sword
Includes photographs, correspondence, tourist publications and photograph blocks (wrapped).
Related material:
Ref: NAM. 1965-03-46-1, National Army Museum, https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1965-03-46-1
Administrative / biographical background
The memorial boulder to Robert Falcon Scott is located in Queenstown Peninsula Gardens, Queenstown, New Zealand. It was erected in 1913 and consists of two stone tablets attached to an immense boulder. One tablet bears the names of the five men who died, the other a paragraph from Scott's farewell message. Snook's Sword is an Officer's Presentation Sword, awarded to Lieutenant Samuel Snook, Bombay Marine, presented in 1799 by the East India Company Court of Directors, for returning a group of women stranded in India, to their home in the Pelew [Palau] Islands. The Sword is part of the National Army Museum Collection.
Related material:
Ref: NAM. 1965-03-46-1, National Army Museum, https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1965-03-46-1
Administrative / biographical background
The memorial boulder to Robert Falcon Scott is located in Queenstown Peninsula Gardens, Queenstown, New Zealand. It was erected in 1913 and consists of two stone tablets attached to an immense boulder. One tablet bears the names of the five men who died, the other a paragraph from Scott's farewell message. Snook's Sword is an Officer's Presentation Sword, awarded to Lieutenant Samuel Snook, Bombay Marine, presented in 1799 by the East India Company Court of Directors, for returning a group of women stranded in India, to their home in the Pelew [Palau] Islands. The Sword is part of the National Army Museum Collection.
Record Details
| Item reference: | RIN/143/2 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Records of semi-governmental and non-governmental organisations |
| Level: | FILE |
| Extent: | 1 box (8 items) |
| Date made: | 1963-1965 |
| Creator: | The Royal Indian Navy Association |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Various photographs and papers concerning the Scott Memorial and Snook's Sword (Manuscript) (RIN/143/2)
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