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Admiralty letter to Commander Robert D Oliver forwarding a letter of appreciation from the War Office re Coast Defence Practices (16 Sep-1 Oct 1930). (Manuscript)
1930-09-16 - 1930-10-01
OLI/1/10
Certificate for a medal in commemoration of the Coronation forwarded to Captain Robert D Oliver from Buckingham Palace (12 May 1937). (Manuscript)
1937-05-12 - 1937-05-12
OLI/1/11
Envelope of 10 miscellaneous photographs dated post-1950, 1953-58. (Manuscript)
1950-01-01 - 1958-01-01
OLI/75/6
Papers re wine merchants (18 Oct 1963-1972). (Manuscript)
1963-10-18 - 1972-12-31
OLI/41/17
Empty envelope addressed to Rear Admiral Robert D Oliver (10 Dec 1946). (Manuscript)
1946-12-10 - 1946-12-10
OLI/60
Notes for a speech Robert Oliver made to a girls' school in New Zealand on presenting a flag in reward for their 100% membership of the New Zealand branch of The Navy League (c1937). (Manuscript)
OLI/1/2
Letter from Robert D Oliver to his wife from RMS EDINBURGH CASTLE (n.d.). (Manuscript)
1900-2000
OLI/42
Five letters to Robert D Oliver's first wife Mrs Torfrida L.A. Swann (nee Huddart) from various, including an empty envelope (2 May 1918-11 May 1921). (Manuscript)
1918-05-02 - 1921-05-11
OLI/44
Recollections for Rear Admiral Robert D Oliver, CBE DSC", written by Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry F Oliver 1 Feb 1946 volume 2. (Manuscript)
1901-02-02 - 1946-02-01
OLI/87/2
Copy of a letter from Vice Admiral Robert D Oliver to the Historical Records Project at the London School of Economics re family naval papers (21 Oct 1974) - Related Material [OLI/71/3]. (Manuscript)
1974-10-21 - 1974-10-21
OLI/1/1
Letters from Lieutenant Robert D Oliver to his parents and his sister, mostly from HMS TELEMACHUS and HMS MURRAY; 2 from HMS RENOWN and HMS LEANDER (15 January 1917-24 Dec 1918). (Manuscript)
1917-01-15 - 1918-12-24
OLI/10
Letter to Vice Admiral Robert D Oliver from his step-daughter, Rosalind? (13 January 1969). (Manuscript)
1969-01-13 - 1969-01-13
OLI/5/2
Rear Admiral's Commission awarded to Robert D Oliver 2 January 1945 (Manuscript)
1945-01-02 - 1945-01-02
OLI/1/14
Letter from Vice Admiral Robert D Oliver to Eileen, wife of Lieutenant-Colonel Wyllie, re her husband's death (14 January 1974). (Manuscript)
1974-01-14 - 1974-01-14
OLI/2/2
Letter to Vice Admiral Robert D Oliver from his second wife, Mrs Marion Joyce Glendinning Van de Velde (2 January 1969). (Manuscript)
1969-01-02 - 1969-01-02
OLI/5/1
Letters to Mrs Oliver from various (2 Feb 1915-31 January 1946). (Manuscript)
1915-02-02 - 1946-01-31
OLI/29
Certificates for Wounds and Hurts granted to Lieutenant Robert D Oliver (5 Feb 1924-12 January 1928). (Manuscript)
1924-02-05 - 1928-01-12
OLI/1/9
Envelope of correspondence between Mrs M.J. Oliver and Dawsons Ltd, Glasgow, re her late brother Alfred Glendinning's consignment of the ship "Aust Venture" from Australia (22 Feb-11 March 1980). (Manuscript)
1980-02-22 - 1980-03-11
OLI/41/4
File of Vice Admiral Robert D Oliver's recollections, including details of his life: loose newspaper cuttings; and a letter from the RN Sailing Association rejecting an article on a passage to Melbourne in 1854, including the article (Manuscript)
1895-03-17 - 1978-10-18
OLI/78
Letters from William J Oliver (Robert D Oliver's father) to his wife from HMS REVENGE, Portland, Gibraltar, off Cartagena and Algiers, including an empty envelope (7 January 1920-27 March 1925). (Manuscript)
1920-01-07 - 1925-03-27
OLI/21
Letter to Captain Henry F Oliver (Robert D Oliver's uncle) appointing him a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order, including a copy of The Statutes of the Royal Victorian Order (11-24 August 1905). (Manuscript)
1905-08-11 - 1905-08-24
OLI/1/26
Letters to Vice Admiral Robert D Oliver from various (21 August 1951-6 January 1978). (Manuscript)
1951-08-21 - 1978-01-06
OLI/83
Newspaper cuttings, including an obituary of Robert D Oliver's grandfather and an article re his uncle, Sir Henry F Oliver (14 August 1908-29 April 1988). (Manuscript)
1908-08-14 - 1988-04-29
OLI/32
Letters from Lieutenant Robert D Oliver to his family, written from HMS RENOWN in Australia (24 May-2 August 1919). (Manuscript)
1919-05-24 - 1919-08-02
OLI/11
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