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Cowan, Sir Walter Henry, 1st Bt., Admiral, 1871-1956 (manuscript)
COW/17
Track charts, 1916-1917. (manuscript)
1916-1917
COW/3/1-2
Album of letters, commissions, signals and memoranda, 1889-1931. (Manuscript)
1889-1931
COW/6
Captain's orderbook of HMS GLOUCESTER,1910, and HMS ZEALANDIA, 1914. (Manuscript)
1910-1914
COW/2
Papers written by Cowan, 1919-1945. (Manuscript)
1919-1945
COW/13/2
Correspondence and cuttings relating to the book 'Sound of the Guns', circa 1950. (Manuscript)
circa 1950
COW/13/5
Signals received, 1917-1945. (Manuscript)
1917-1945
COW/13/4
Photograph album relating to HMS HOOD in the Mediterranean, 1922. (Manuscript)
1922
COW/5/1
Photographs, ephemera and a set of military uniform prints, 1840-1952. (Manuscript)
1840-1952
COW/14
Typescript for autobiography 'The Wheel of Fortune'. (Manuscript)
COW/17
Official papers relating to the Baltic, 1919-1920. (Manuscript)
1919-1920
COW/16
Photograph album from a visit to the 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry at Risalpur, 1947. (Manuscript)
1947
COW/21/1
Journal kept on HMS REDBREAST and HMS BARROSA, 1893-1895. (Manuscript)
1893-1895
COW/1/1
Journal kept on HMS BARROSA, 1895-1897. (Manuscript)
1895-1897
COW/1/2
Letters concerning the 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry, 1946. (Manuscript)
1946
COW/12
Letters from Cowan to Admiral Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck, 1917-1947. (Manuscript)
1917-1947
COW/11
Album of photographs and cuttings, 1913-1928. (Manuscript)
1913-1928
COW/20
Book of newspaper cuttings relating to the Sudan and South American campaigns. (Manuscript)
COW/22
Album of photographs and cuttings, 1884-1914. (Manuscript)
1884-1914
COW/19
Volume of newspaper cuttings, 1870-1889. (Manuscript)
1870-1889
COW/24
Photograph album from a visit to the 18th King Edward's Own Cavalry at Risalpur, 1947. (Manuscript)
1947
COW/21/2
Photograph album relating to HMS ALEXANDRA, 1886-1889. (Manuscript)
1886-1889
COW/18
Pamphlet 'Silhouettes of German Fighting Ships', 1915. (Manuscript)
1915
COW/26
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