Milne, Sir Archibald Berkeley, 2nd Baronet, Admiral, 1855-1938.

The papers were presented in 1949 and 1965 by Captain A.J.F. Milne Home, R.N. They consist of logs, 1870 to 1875, 1879 to 1881 and 1889 to 1893, and a notebook of events in Egypt in 1882. A section of papers is devoted to the Zulu War. For Milne's later career there are copies of correspondence with Lord Charles Beresford, 1910, and letters and papers relating to the Mediterranean command, 1913 to 1914. There is a detailed section on the escape of the Goeben and the Breslau, including signal logs, telegrams received from the Admiralty, diaries, official correspondence and press cuttings. There are also a number of uncompleted private diaries, 1870, 1879, 1886, 1913 to 1919, and personal letters, 1879 to 1936.

Object Details

ID: MLN/200-233
Type: Manuscript
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 1870-1936
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 61 cm
Parts: Milne family papers (Manuscript)