Uncatalogued: Papers of Lieutenant-Commander Grant Benjamin Chambers and Major Richard Gilbert
Service papers and ephemera of Lieutenant-Commander Grant Benjamin Chambers (1886-1962), Royal Navy, including certificates for his Mention in Despatches by the Vice-Admiral commanding the Eastern Mediterranean Squadron in May 1916 and two colour certificates relating to the cruiser HMS SUFFOLK (1926) on the China station, circa 1937-1939. Also papers relating to Major Richard Gilbert (1893-1976), quartermaster in the Royal Marines, with a printed Royal Marines Pocket Book, 1915.
Record Details
| Item reference: | MSS/74/024; MS1974/024 MSS/74/024 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Uncatalogued material |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | circa 1900-1945 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Probate of Richard Kempenfelt, 5 September 1782 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/001)
- Journals kept by C R Hemans, 1898 - 1902 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/002)
- Papers relating to George Kemp, Chief Petty Officer, 1884-1905 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/003)
- International Union of Marine Insurance Paper, Venice Conference, 1973 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/004)
- Orders of HMS ARETHUSA, Captain Coffin 1811-1813 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/005)
- Copy of a letter from Plymouth describing Napoleon Bonaparte on board HMS BELLEROPHON; 11 August 1815 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/006)
- Copies of Mathew Flinder's Papers in the Hydrographic Department (copy print) (MSS/74/008)
- Certificate of completion of apprenticeship and reference signed by Hy Cornelius, owner of the FANNY FORRESTER, 8 July 1862 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/009)
- General and vocabulary signals, HMS BRITANNIA, 1861 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/011)
- Affectionate Advice to Apprentices, Steam Manual for the Fleet, 1905 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/012)
- Cuttings and notes relating to the Lang family of Shipwrights & Surveyors, 19th Cent (Manuscript) (MSS/74/013)
- Copy of an Account of Battle of Calabria by midshipman David Bethune, 18 July 1940 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/014)
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