Diaries and certificates relating to Reverend Henry Backwell (1855-1920), naval chaplain, and transcripts of lectures on naval history relating to Engineer Rear-Admiral Rene Charles Hugill (1883-1962).

Box 1
Items relating to Reverend Henry Backwell (1855-1920):
Diary kept on HMS ROVER during her winter cruise with the training squadron to the West Indies, Baltic and the Naval Review at Spithead, November 1888 to April 1891.
Diary kept on HMS IMPERIEUSE on the China station, May 1891 to March 1893.
Diary kept irregularly between June 1904 and January 1918.
Certificate of ordination as deacon, 1884; certificate as priest, 1885; and a licence to be chaplain in the Royal Navy, issued by the Archbishop of Canturbury, 1902.

Box 2:
Items relating to Engineer Rear-Admiral Rene Charles Hugill (1883-1962):
File containing typescript copies of lectures on the development of the fighting ship, British trade and empire, and excerpts from naval history, circa 1923.
File containing typescript copies of lectures on naval uniform, nautical terms and naval customs, evolution of ranks and ratings, and internal economy, circa 1923.

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