Uncatalogued: Fraser, Bruce Austin, Admiral, 1881-1981 & Fraser, Alexander, General, Fl. 1814-1898.

Collection listing:
Box 1
File 1: General Fraser's letters, appointments and photograph, April 1814 - March 1874.
File 2: General and Mrs Fraser's letters and papers, 1874-1904.
BOX 2
File 3: Life of Alexander Fraser bound in hard covers in type, chapters I to VI.
File 4: Life of Alexander Fraser, manuscript autobiography.
File 5: Life of Alexander Fraser, manuscript autobiography, Volume 1, chapters I to XV.
BOX 3
File 6: Life of Alexander Fraser, manuscript autobiography, Voume 2, chapters I to XIV (not clearly chaptered).
File 7: Letters from school of Cecil and Bruce Fraser, 1894 to 1896.
File 8: Letters from Mrs Fraser to Bruce Fraser, 1904 to 1910.
BOX 4
File 9: Letters from 'Aunt Emmie' to Bruce Fraser, 1907 to 1908.
Files 9/A-B: Diaries and books, 1850 to 1899.
File 10: Bruce Fraser's early career: Cadet to Lieutenant, 1903 to 1912
BOX 5
File 11: Journal of HMS HANNIBAL and HMS PRINCE GEORGE, January 1905 to September 1905.
File 12: Journal of HMS PRINCE GEORGE, September 1905 to March 1907.
File 13: Bruce Fraser's early career: Lieutenant to Commander, 1913 to 1928.
BOX 6
File 14: Flimsies: Midshipman to Commander, 1905 to 1926.
File 15: Captain: HMS EFFINGHAM, 1929 to 1932.
File 16: Captain: HMS GLORIOUS, 1935 to 1937
File 17: Rear-Admiral: Chief of Staff to Commander in Chief, Mediterranean, 1938 to 1939. Third Sea Lord and Controller, Admiralty, 1939 to 1942.
BOX 7
File 18: Vice-Admiral: Second-in-Command, Home Fleet, 1942 to 1943.
File 19: Visitor's book "BAF".
File 20: Admiral: Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet, 1944
BOX 8
File 21A: Admiral: Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet, 1945: Relations with Australian Government
File 22: Admiral: Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet, 1946
File 23: Admiral: Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet, 1944-1946: Operational correspondence with Flag Officers, including Sir Andrew Cunningham, H. B. Rawlings, Sir Philip Vian, J. H. Edelstan, C.W. Nimitz, Sir James Somerville, D. B. Fisher.
File 23A: Admiral of the Fleet, 1943 to 1955: Letters from Sir Winston Churchill.
BOX 9
FIle 24: Admiralty, 1946 to 1947.
File 25: Admiral- Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, 1947 to 1948.
File 26: Visitors Book
File 27: Admiral of the Fleet: First Sea Lord, 1948 to 1949.
BOX 10
Files 28 to 30: Admiral of the Fleet, First Sea Lord, 1950 to 1951.
File 31: Admiral of the Fleet, Half-pay, 1952 to 1954.
BOX 11
File 32: Admiral of the Fleet, Half-pay, 1955 to 1958.
File 33 to 35: Half-pay, Royal Tour, January to April 1959.
File 36-38: Half-pay, April 1959 to 1980.
File 39: Undated papers and photographs.

Administrative / biographical background
Papers of Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Bruce Austin Fraser (1881-1981), 1896-1980, including the papers of Mrs and General Alexander Fraser (fl. 1814-1898), 1814-1904. Please contact archive staff for more information about ordering from this collection.

Record Details

Item reference: MSS/83/158; MS1983/158
Catalogue Section: Uncatalogued material
Level: COLLECTION
Extent: 15 boxes and 2 folders; 5 oversize folders; 1 oversize folio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London