Official letter of retirement from the navy, 1982

ID:	LWN/1/27
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Lewin, Terence Thornton
Date made:	1982 - 1982; 1982-12 - 1982-12
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 item
Parts:	Official Records relating to Admiral Lord Terence Lewin's Naval Career, 1938-1984 (Manuscript) Special (naval) Entry exam paper, 1938 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/1) Midshipman's Journal, HMS VALIANT, 1939-1940 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/2) Midshipman's Journal, HMS VALIANT, 1940-1941 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/3) Award of £10 to puchase books, HMS HIGHLANDER, 1941 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/4) 3 certificates, August 1942, August 1944, November 1944 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/5) Copies of Reports of Captain of HMS ASHANT (recommending Lewin be decorated) and other documents including letter of congratulation from Rear Admiral Burnett, on award of Lewin's DSC, 1941 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/6) Commission as Sub Lieutenant, July 1942. (Manuscript) (LWN/1/7) Naval recommendations (or 'flimsies'), 1940-1963 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/8) Lieutenant G certificate, November 1945 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/9) Army & Navy rugby program (Lewin on wing), athletics badges and certificate for Wounds and Hurts, 1948-1949 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/10) Lewin's Naval Identification Document and Paybook (Manuscript) (LWN/1/11) Certificate for Egerton Gunnery Prize Certificate, 1949. (Manuscript) (LWN/1/12) Letter of appreciation, from the men of HMS EXCELLENT, 1949 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/13) News release and speech concerning visit of HMS CORUNNA to the city of Corunna (Manuscript) (LWN/1/14) Correspondence concerning HMY BRITANNIA (Manuscript) (LWN/1/15) Photograph album HMS HERMES commission, 1967-1968 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/16) Photograph album HMS HERMES commission, 1966-1968 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/17) Photograph album HMS HERMES commission, 1966-68 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/18) HERMES photograph album, including official visit to HMS VICTORY, 1966-1968. (Manuscript) (LWN/1/19) HERMES booklet describing third commission, 1966-1968 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/20) Letters of Promotion and new appointments (Manuscript) (LWN/1/21) Daily notebook kept by Lewin at VCNS, 1972-1974 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/22) 10 photographs of Lewin with other chiefs of staff, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe, 1975 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/23) Jubilee Fleet Review folder, 1977 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/24) Falklands notebook, kept by Lewin as Chief of Defence Staff during the Falklands Campaign, 1982 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/25) PM's dinner & victory parade' Folder of material relating to the Prime Minisster's official dinner and Victory Parade at the end of the Falklands conflict, 1982 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/26) Official letter of retirement from the navy, 1982 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/27) Appreciations of Service on Lewin's retirement, 1982 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/28) Correspondence with the House of Commons Defence & Foreign Affairs Committee, evidence, 1984-5 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/29) Order Book for HMS CORUNNA, November 1955- May 1956 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/30) Order book for HMS CORUNNA (destroyer), May 1956- February 1957. (Manuscript) (LWN/1/31) Order book for HMS URCHIN, January 1962 - February 1963. (Manuscript) (LWN/1/32) Order Book for HMS URCHIN, February to April 1963. (Manuscript) (LWN/1/33) Order Book for HMS HERMES, 1966-67. (Manuscript) (LWN/1/34/1) Captain's Sea Order Book for HMS HERMES, 3 May 1967 - 1 October 1967. (Manuscript) (LWN/1/34/2) Telegram to Lewin from Prince Philip (Manuscript) (LWN/1/35) Visitor's book, 1956--70 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/36) Letter ordering naval unifiorms for HMS HERMES (Manuscript) (LWN/1/37) Photograph, onboard HMS HERMES 1967 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/38) 20 official photographs, showing Lewin visiting ships and their crews, 1970s (Manuscript) (LWN/1/39) Mounted photograph, menu, letter, poem, signal and loose photograph, souvenirs of an event on HMS SCARBOROUGH) 1970 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/40) Appointments diary for 1982, kept while Lewin was Chief of Defence Staff in Mrs Thatcher's cabinet during the Falklands conflict. (Manuscript) (LWN/1/41) Photographs of a midshipmen's excursion to Scapa Flow, 1941. (Manuscript) (LWN/1/42) Miscellaneous items including photos, certificates and ephemera relating to Lewin, 1941-1982 (Manuscript) (LWN/1/43-47) Photos of RN Rugby matches and teams in which Lewin played, 1941. (Manuscript) (LWN/1/48)

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Official letter of retirement from the navy, 1982

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