Photograph album covering later naval career of George Alexander Ballard
Photograph album covering Ballard's later naval career. The album includes photographs from his time in command of HMS TERRIBLE, HMS HAMPSHIRE and HMS COMMONWEALTH and as Admiral of Patrols in the early years of the First World War. The majority of the album is dedicated to his time as Admiral Superintendant of Malta Dockyard 1916-1918. This section includes images of damage to several ships caused by enemy submarines, boy scout rallies, officers of foreign navies with whom Ballard worked, the launch of the first sea plane from Malta and images of the interior of Admiralty House, Valletta. The album ends with photographs from his son's army career.
Record Details
| Item reference: | BLRD/2/3/4; MSS/81/006 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | FILE |
| Extent: | 1 volume |
| Date made: | 1885-1948; 1882-1893 c.1906-1918 1920-1948 |
| Creator: | Ballard, George Alexander |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Personal reminiscences of George Alexander Ballard (Manuscript) (BLRD/2/3/1)
- Photograph of Joanna Ballard and children, including George Alexander Ballard, with a later account written by him of their time in New Zealand (Manuscript) (BLRD/2/3/2)
- Photograph album covering naval career of George Alexander Ballard (Manuscript) (BLRD/2/3/3)
- Photograph album covering later naval career of George Alexander Ballard (Manuscript) (BLRD/2/3/4)
- Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings and invitations covering George Alexander Ballard's naval career (Manuscript) (BLRD/2/3/5)
- Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings covering George Alexander Ballard's later life and those of his family (Manuscript) (BLRD/2/3/6)
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