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First draft of Elkins' memoirs, n.d.
First draft of Elkins' memoirs, n.d.
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ID:
ELK/7
Type:
Manuscript
Display location:
Not on display
Creator:
Elkins, Robert Francis
Date made:
no date
Credit:
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:
Elkins, Sir Robert Francis, Vice-Admiral, 1903-1985. (Manuscript)
Midshipman's journal, Atlantic Fleet for HOOD January 1921-April 1922, WRYNECK Apr-May 1922, WILD SWAN May-Aug 1922 and HOOD August 1922-June 1923. (Manuscript) (ELK/1)
Reports and notes on the 1931 Invergordon mutiny, and letters, 1966-67, from Captain Stephen Roskill. (Manuscript) (ELK/2)
Wartime 'line-book', 1938-42, about the escape of Elkins and Captain Leslie Hulls from a prisoner of war camp 1940, with some related letters. (Manuscript) (ELK/3)
Wartime 'line-book', 1940-44, relating to Elkins' command of the RENOWN, plus letters from Sir James Somerville. (Manuscript) (ELK/4)
Wartime 'line-book', 1944-46, with additional material relating to Elkins' command of the DIDO and the courts-martial for the loss of the submarines SEAL and OSWALD. (Manuscript) (ELK/5)
Official report (copy) on Elkins and Leslie Hulls' escape from St Valery-en-Caux and crossing of the Channel in the yawl CYPRIS, 8-26 June 1940. (Manuscript) (ELK/6)
First draft of Elkins' memoirs, n.d. (Manuscript) (ELK/7)
A selection of sea shanties arranged for orchestra, n.d. (Manuscript) (ELK/8)
Details of arrangements for Royal Occasions, including the Royal Wedding, 1947, the Silver Wedding Thanksgiving Service, 1948, and the Funeral of King George VI, 1952. (Manuscript) (ELK/9)
Letters and news-cuttings relating to Len Wincott's book and his visit to England in 1974, and Elkins' television interview and remarks to the press. (Manuscript) (ELK/10)
Report (plus copy) 'Aftermath of the Invergordon Mutiny', with covering letter written by Elkins to Commander H Pursey in 1975. (Manuscript) (ELK/11)
Facsimile copy of the 'Times' dated 7 November 1805. (Manuscript) (ELK/12)
Cutting from the 'Times' dated 16 November 1981, concerning the retirement of Admiral Hyman Rickover. (Manuscript) (ELK/13)
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