Leveson-Gower, Osbert Charles Gresham, Commander, 1888-1968.
These papers include letters home, circulars and telegrams bound into five volumes, 1893 to 1908, and loose letters to Miss Leveson-Gower, 1919 to 1928. There are also two logs, 1905 to 1908.
Administrative / biographical background
Leveson-Gower entered the Navy as a cadet in the BRITANNIA from 1903 until 1905, when he joined the ISIS; in August of the same year he went to the COMMONWEALTH and, apart from a short period in the MARS in 1907, stayed in her until 1908, when he joined the AFRICA; all these ships were based in home waters. As a sub-lieutenant he was on the Mediterranean Station in the DIANA, 1909 to 1910, becoming a lieutenant in 1911. During the First World War he served again in the Mediterranean in the RACOON, 1913 to 1915, the SAPPHO, 1916 to 1917, and the MINERVA, 1918 to 1919, when he became a lieutenant-commander. Between 1920 and 1921 he was in the DAUNTLESS and from 1922 to 1924 was in the COLOMBO, both in home waters. He went out to Hong Kong in 1926 and served in the dockyard there until 1928, retiring as a commander in 1929.
Administrative / biographical background
Leveson-Gower entered the Navy as a cadet in the BRITANNIA from 1903 until 1905, when he joined the ISIS; in August of the same year he went to the COMMONWEALTH and, apart from a short period in the MARS in 1907, stayed in her until 1908, when he joined the AFRICA; all these ships were based in home waters. As a sub-lieutenant he was on the Mediterranean Station in the DIANA, 1909 to 1910, becoming a lieutenant in 1911. During the First World War he served again in the Mediterranean in the RACOON, 1913 to 1915, the SAPPHO, 1916 to 1917, and the MINERVA, 1918 to 1919, when he became a lieutenant-commander. Between 1920 and 1921 he was in the DAUNTLESS and from 1922 to 1924 was in the COLOMBO, both in home waters. He went out to Hong Kong in 1926 and served in the dockyard there until 1928, retiring as a commander in 1929.
Record Details
Item reference: | LVG; MS1969-011 GB 0064 |
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Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
Level: | COLLECTION |
Measurements: | Overall: 75 cm |
Date made: | 1893-1968 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Letters to his parents, 1893-1900. (Manuscript) (LVG/1)
- Letters to his parents, 1904, including letters, circulars and reports from the BRITANNIA. (Manuscript) (LVG/3)
- Letters to his parents, 1907, from the COMMONWEALTH. (Manuscript) (LVG/5)
- Diary, 1914. (Manuscript) (LVG/6)
- Bible, n.d. (Manuscript) (LVG/9)
- Papers concerning his funeral, 1968. (Manuscript) (LVG/10)
- Bible containing In Memoriam cards, n.d. (Manuscript) (LVG/11)
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