Small collection of Harold Crofton on board HMS ARETHUSA and HMS CURACOA.

Diary kept by Harold Crofton between 10 July 1918 and 14 November 1918 on HMS CURACOA. His records note that he could speak German and his diary begins with someone ask for German books to be sent to them, summary of each day is in the margins. Also included is a series of letters from Harold to his mother written in 1915 on HMS ARETHUSA, concerning rescuing officers and the King lunching on board.

Harold Crofton's service records are on the National Archives reference ADM196/174/114.

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ID:	ADL/Z/58
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1915-1918; 1918-01-01 - ?
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 volume; 1 folder and 1 oversize
Parts:	General and Small Collections (Manuscript) Royal Naval Air Service. Papers of Lieutenant (later Air Chief Marshal Sir) Arthur M. Longmore. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/1) Ward, Fleet Engineer James. Service papers. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/2) Murch, John, sailmaker, Greenwich Hospital out-pensioner. Service papers. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/3) Ashmore, William, captain's servant. Various papers including certificate of service and discharge certificate. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/4) Purchas, William (ca.1790-1849). Service papers and commissions. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/5) Sheppard, Frederick, b.1852. Various documents including certificate of service and discharge certificates as seaman. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/6) Holmes, Samuel (d.1837) gunner, RN. Various papers including service certificates. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/7) A collection of twenty four documents (petitions, warrants and a certificate) with notations. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/8) Bunce, Commander Benjamin, RN (d.1854). Various papers including some correspondence with some details of slavery. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/9) Baldwin, Engineer Rear-Admiral George William. Appointments to the CBE and the CB, both signed by King George V. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/10) Barton, Admiral Mathew (1715-95). Four commissions and a memoranda of services re 1778-93. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/11) Edwards, John. Passports and commission to yacht WILLIAM AND MARY; two extracts re actions copied from ship's logbooks. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/12) Crichton, Commander William (d.1872) Two commissions, one letter received and a document about court martial of Captain W.O. Pell. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/13) Elbrow, Commander Claude Bertram, (1888-1943), Service certificates and papers including Admiralty appointments and examination sheets. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/14) Collection of nine commissions of Commander Thomas Wells. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/15) Service certificates and other documents of George Johnson, Master RN and George Rose Johnson, Assistant Paymaster, RN. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/16) Russell, Henshaw. Certificates and commissions including part of a log for HMS LORD WARDEN. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/17) Pascoe, Commander Maurice Clive (1899-1982). Various papers including service papers. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/18) Commissions of Staff Commander Henry Harper, Captain Thomas Mansel and Lieutenant Alfred Young, and other documents. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/19) Aylmer family documents including commissions, marriage bond and probate. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/20) Letters and documents relating to Admiral Sir Edward Gennys Fanshawe. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/21) Hooper, Thomas H., carpenter RN - service certificates; Pickard, Lt-Commander Edward John William Hodge: Commission as Chief Artificer Engineer. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/22) List of the ships of the French Navy; list of Spanish troops and Navy and a printed table giving rates of pay of officers and men in the RN. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/23) Victualling Office letter; blank printed will form for use by sailors; blank printed excise form. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/24) Clarke, Thomas (b.1843): diary of events on HMS INDUS and LIVERPOOL; service certificate; four prints of various HM ships; photographic print of an army display. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/25) Parrott, Captain Jasper, OBE RN., Paymaster: collection of official Admiralty letters of appointment; certificates of service; letters re the award of the OBE and his retirement from the Navy. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/26) Pawsey, Paymaster-in-Chief C.J. and Lieutenant Commander M.J.W.; various items, including cable, letter and invitation to memorial service re the sinking of HMS VICTORIA. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/27) Kennedy, Brigadier-General Charles Henry, Royal Marine Light Infantry: Service Certificates, testimonials, etc. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/28) Bilby, Thomas, Chief Stoker RN. Various items including Service Certificate. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/29) Bevan, Samuel, Able Seaman. Various items including Certificate of Service. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/30) Caton, William Arthur RN,Ch. Yeo. Sigs.; various items including Service certificates. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/31) Documents of Peter Brown and George Burns. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/32) Document regarding the loss of the ASSURANCE, off the Needles. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/33) Edward Russel, Admiral of the Fleet, Earl of Orford, (1655-1727), account of expenses. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/34) Papers relating to the Mitchell family (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/35) Collection of letters and notebook relating to William Luke Partridge while serving in HMS DIDO, Crimea. (letters) (ADL/Z/36) Photographs and postcards of “HMS KIMBERLEY” and Commander H J P Crousaz, DSC, RN. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/37) Letters, John Rushworth Jellicoe (1859 - 1935), Sir Edward Seymour, Waymouth and Robertson to Albert Bevis, able seaman, late of the CENTURION, 1900 - 1904; Newspaper cuttings and photograph copies. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/38) Certificates of service for Naval Officer Thomas Totty, orders and letters. (Certificates, letters and orders) (ADL/Z/39) Letters concerning the court martial of Admiral John Byng, 1756-1757 (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/40) Certificates and photograph relating to the career of Fleet Surgeon Robert Dundonald Jameson, HMS KING GEORGE V, 1918. (maunscript) (ADL/Z/41) Service documents for James Reveley, Master, RN. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/42) Service documents belonging to Captain (Fore Top) John Joseph Jackman, Royal Navy and later Chief Seamanship Instructor, Chinese Imperial Navy. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/43) Wartime fictional story and papers of John Frederick Denman, Fl. 1914 - 1955 (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/44) Collection of warrants and commissions (four), 1747/1748 to 1826. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/45) Documents relating to naval dockyards and finance, 1618-1689 (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/46) A collection of fourteen naval documents, comprising of letters, warrants, commissions, certificates and memorander, chiefly relating to the Admiralty or Navy Commissioners. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/47) Collection of papers relating to Commander Osman Cyril Horton Giddy. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/48) Service papers of Staff Surgeon Frederick Harvey, R.N. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/49) Papers and medals relating to the service of William S. Smith, Civilian Signal Supervisor. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/50) Documents relating to Gordon Charles Steele, R.N., and Admiral Sir G.B. Rodney. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/51) Series of Letters to and from Sir William Edward Parry. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/52) Documents relating to naval administration in the Commonwealth period and the wars of William III. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/53) Collection of documents relating to the ordnance office, Portsmouth, 1696-1712 and 1762. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/54) A series of journals and papers by William Bruce, surgeon on HMS HASTINGS. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/55) Collection of papers belonging to Lieutenant Ian Forbes during and after Second World War. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/56) Custance family collection of logbooks and war dairies. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/57) Small collection of Harold Crofton on board HMS ARETHUSA and HMS CURACOA. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/58) Roll of Honour for Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves and notebooks. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/59) Collection of diaries and photos of George Foster Braithwaite Page , Surgeon Commander, 1890-1969. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/60) Collection of naval manuscripts. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/61) Papers of Rear-Admiral James Francis Ballard Wainwright (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/63) Personal papers of William Child, Lieutenant. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/64)

Small collection of Harold Crofton on board HMS ARETHUSA and HMS CURACOA.

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