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Photograph 1: Sub-Lieutenant’s Team, Whale Island – Brickwood Trophy Winners, 1930. Group photograph, all identified: Hon. P C Carew, J W S Corbett, G T Cooper, Seymour, R E Hardman-Jones, G M Bennett, A Kennett, J F Gruning, N T Tangye, B T Simons, J M S Cox, D E Mansfield, Petty Officer Keech (holding trophy), Hon. D Edwards, C C Martell, A F Hall and L C D Godwin.
Brickwoods was a Portsmouth brewery who presented a trophy for a naval field gun competition in 1907 – the competition is still held today (2012) at HMS Collingwood.

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Ephemera 1: Programme for the Field Gun Competition, Whale Island, 1930.
Ephemera 2: Newspaper cutting relating to the Field Gun Competition, Whale Island, 1930.

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Photograph 2: ‘Sub-Lieutenant’s Team. Whale Island, Brickwood Trophy Winners, 1930. “Shift both gun wheels”. View of the sub-lieutenants in action with the field gun.

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Photograph 3: ‘Sub-Lieutenant’s Team. Whale Island. Brickwood Trophy Winners, 1930’. View of the sub lieutenants hauling the field gun.

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Photograph 4: ‘Sub-Lieutenant’s Team Whale Island. Brickwood Trophy Winners, 1930’. Group photograph with petty officer holding the silver trophy of a naval gun team.

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Photographs 5 & 6: ‘Anti-gas Course, 1930’. Group of sub lieutenants with gas masks. Identified as:
L C Godwin, C P Coke, G T Cooper, Blokford, Seymour, J D Hayes, R E Hardman-Jones, N T Tangye, R H S Pemberton, A J F Milne-Home, J D Stead, W B Kellett, J Denny, Hon.D C Cairns, G M Bennett, B E M Goldman, D J A Heber-Percy, C C Martell.
Ephemera 3: Photographic copy of a sketch of a chart of the Persian Gulf by Sub-Lieutenant M L Hardie, 1931-32.
Ephemera 4: Watercolour depicting Henjam – Persian Gulf by Sub-Lieutenant M L Hardie, 1931-32.

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Ephemera 5: A programme of a variety entertainment for the Mission to Seamen 15th May 1931.
Ephemera 6: Telegram from Commander G E Boultbee to Commander H D Vaughan-Hughes 30th August 1930 requesting the services of Sub Lieutenant Bennett on board the yacht Victory.

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Ephemera 7: Official Programme for the HMS Excellent Centenary Tattoo 24th – 30th July 1930. Enclosed is a memo from Captain G C C Royle, HMS Excellent thanking Bennett for acting the part of Admiral Collingwood.

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Photograph 7: View of the search light tattoo, Whale Island 24th-30th July 1930.

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Photograph 8: Aerial view of Blackburn Dart practise attack on HMS Courageous (1915) off Gibraltar, 4th March 1931.
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Photograph 9: Aerial view of 15” firing – fall of shot on battleship target, Mediterranean, 18th June 1929.

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Photograph 10: View of Lieutenant B J Fisher and Lieutenant J D M Robinson on board HMS Wallace (1918), 1931.
Photograph 11: View of a Blackburn Dart bi-plane on the deck of HMS Courageous (1915).
Photograph 12: View of Lieutenant Commander H G Scott with an un-named member of the crew on board HMS Wallace (1918), 1931.
Photograph 13: View of a Blackburn Dart bi-plane landing on the deck of HMS Courageous (1915), 1931.

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Photograph 14: Aerial view of a 15” straddle on a battle practise target, ca.1931.
Photographs 15-17: Views of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, 1931. Very distant.
Photograph 18: Aerial view of Valetta, Malta, ca.1931.

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Photographs 19-21: Views of Lisbon, 1932.
Photographs 22-23: Views of Algiers, 1932.

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Photograph 24: View of HMS Crusader (1931) at sea, 1932.
Photograph 25: View of HMS Wryneck (1918) underway, 1931.
Photograph 26: View of HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913) at sea, 1932.

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Photograph 27: Group photograph of the football team with officers, HMS Wallace (1918), 1931. The three officers (in uniform) are: Lieutenant Commander H G Scott, Captain G R S Watkins and Lieutenant G M Bennett.
Ephemera 8: Comic pamphlet entitled, ‘Gunnery from A-Z’.

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Photographic prints 28-31: Views of the full size model of Christopher Columbus at Huelva, 1932.

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Photograph 32: ‘Bud…Aged ?!!’.View of woman sitting in a field with a baby, little girl and dog, no date.
Photograph 33: ‘Bud and Betty Blake-Forster, 1932’. Two young women sitting on a bench.
Photograph 34: ‘Bud and Valerie’, 1932. Two elegant young women walking along a road.
Photograph 35: ‘Bud at Le Touquet, 1931’. View of elegant young woman posing against a fence.

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Photograph 36: HMS Nelson (1925) and HMS Rodney (1925) at Arosa Bay, 1933.
Photograph 37: View of landing party from HMS Rodney (1925) with a 3.7” howitzer on a quayside, 1933.
Photograph 38: View of two kittens, Darby and Joan, in a hammock attached to a life belt from HMS Rodney (1925), no date.

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Photograph 39: View of HMS Rodney (1925) and HMS Valiant (1914) after collision at Gibraltar, 1933.
Photograph 40: View of 1st Sea Lord, Admiral Chatfield inspecting crew on board HMS
Rodney (1925), 1933.
Ephemera 9: Telegram from Admiral Sir J D Kelly to HMS Rodney 1933 complaining about the whistle used by the coxswain to communicate.

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Ephemera 10: Newspaper cutting entitled, ‘George Herbert Centenary Pageant. Salisbury 1933 (Bud)’. Fancy dress pageant to celebrate the tercentenary of death of George Herbert (died 1633).
Photograph 41: Chart showing the route of HMS Rodney’s spring cruise 1934.
Photograph 42: Distant view of HMS Rodney (1925) at anchor in a tropical bay, ca.1934.

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Photograph 43: View of women in 17th century dress at the George Hebert centenary pageant, Salisbury 1933. Bud and Beryl Gray identified. Commercial photograph.

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Photograph 44: View of HMS Nelson (1925) firing 16” broadside at sea. Photograph taken from HMS Rodney (1925), no date.

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Photograph 45: View of HMS Nelson (1925) and HMS Rodney (1925) at sea, Weymouth. Victory model in foreground, 1932. A scale model of Victory sailed from No 3 Basin, Portsmouth in 1933 manned by 18 naval officers to celebrate Navy Week.

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Photograph 46: Distant view of HMS Leander (1931) at sea, 1934.
Photograph 47: View of Lieutenants G M Bennett, I F M Newnham and Sub Lieutenant E A W Gibbs (?) taking sextant readings on board HMS Rodney (1925), 1934.
Photograph 48: Distant view of HMS Nelson (1925) at sea.
Photograph 49: View of Lieutenant Commanders J H Lewes. R C Allen and E M Evans-Lombe taking sextant readings on board HMS Rodney (1925), 1934.
Photograph 50: Distant view of HMS Furious (1916), HMS Crusader (1931), HMS Leander (1931) and HMS Nelson (1925) abreast in line at sea, 1934.
Photograph 51: View of local policeman at Tobago, 1934.

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Photograph 52: View of the Swimming Club, Barbados, 1934.
Photograph 53: View of child on beach at Tobago, 1934.
Photograph 54: The Yacht Club at Barbados, 1934.
Photograph 55: Distant view of HMS Frobisher (1920) at anchor, Grenada, 1934.
Photograph 56: View of countryside at Grenada, 1934.
Photograph 57: View of Tobagonians on a beach, Tobago 1934.

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Photograph 58: View of HMS Kempenfelt (1931) underway, 1934.
Photograph 59: Palm trees at Tobago, 1934.
Photograph 60: View of HMS Kempenfelt (1931), underway, 1934.
Photograph 61: Group of officers on quarter deck of HMS Rodney (1925) watching HMS Malaya (1915) steaming in Rodney’s wake, 1934.

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Photographs 62&63: ‘Rough Weather during Combined Fleet Exercises, 1934’.
Photograph 64: View of guns on quarter deck, HMS Rodney (1925) during combined fleet exercises, 1934.

Page 30: Title: ‘Visit of the Board of Admiralty to the Home and Mediterranean Fleets, Gibraltar, 1934’.
Photograph 65: View through a port hole of R class battleships, 1934
Photograph 66: View of sailors lined up on deck of HMS Nelson (?), 1934.
Photograph 67: View of HMS Codrington (1929) underway off Gibraltar. Group of Royal Marines in the foreground. HMS Hood (1918) in the distance.

Page 31: Title: ‘Board of Admiralty at Gibraltar’.
Photograph 68: Royal Marines Massed Bands on the Alameda, Gibraltar, 1934.
Photograph 69: The First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Bolton Eyres Monsell received on board HMS Nelson (1925), 1934.
Photograph 70: Group of naval officers including First Lord of the Admiralty, Vice Admiral Dudley Pound, Admiral Sir William “Ginger” Boyle, Admiral Sir William Fisher and Admiral Sir Roger Backhouse, 1934.
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Photograph 71: Group of officers on signal course 1935. They are seated in front of the Signal School, Portsmouth Dockyard. Identified as follows: Chief Petty Officer Gover, Lt H E F Tweedie, Lt R T Paul, Lt G Affleck-Graves, Lt J S H Lawrence, Chief Yeoman Hicks, Lt R H Courage, Lt A T Courtney, Lt Cdr G M Clark, Lt Cdr J Liddell, Lt P Matheson, Lt E W Finch-Noyes, Lt G M Bennett.

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Photograph 72: Group photograph – Top Division, HMS Rodney (1925), 1932-34. Photograph is inscribed to Lieutenant and Mrs G M Bennett.

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Photographs 73&74: View of Home Fleet Howitzer Battery at Okehampton Camp, 1934.
Photograph 75: View of HMS Rodney Howitzer Detachment at Okehampton Camp, 1934.
Photograph 76: View of HMS Rodney Howitzer Detachment at St Kitts, 1934.

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Photograph 77: Aerial view of HMS Enterprise (1919) underway, 1934.
Photograph 78: Postcard print showing routes of cruises of HMS Rodney (1925) between 1932-1934.
Photograph 79: Aerial view of HMS Victory (1765) in Portsmouth Dockyard, 1934.
NB A photograph of ‘Bud’ is missing from this page.

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Photographs 80&81: Views of the market square in Brussels, 1935.
Photograph 82: View of the Law Courts, Brussels, 1935.
Photograph 83: View of the Theatre Royal in Brussels, 1935.
Photograph 84: View of the Chicorei de Breukelaar factory in Antwerp, 1935.

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Ephemera 11: Official Souvenir Programme of the Silver Jubilee Review of the Fleet, Spithead, 16th July 1935.

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Ephemera 12: Newspaper cutting – review of play Ambrose Applejohn’s Adventure performed by Royal Naval amateur theatricals including Rosemary Bennett (?wife of G M Bennett), 1935
Ephemera 13: Programme of the play Ambrose Applejohn’s Adventure by Walter Hackett.

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Photographs 85, 86&87: Three view of HM Submarine Thames (1932) in the Mediterranean, 1936.
Ephemera 14: Sketches of the Signal School by Rowland Langmaid, 1936. Lt Cdr Rowland Langmaid 1897-1956 was an official war artist and a marine artist.

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Photograph 88: Aerial view of the naval contingent at the funeral of King George V, 1936.

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Ephemera 15: Newspaper cutting –an image of the wireless equipment of a modern destroyer in the U K pavilion at the Glasgow Exhibition, 1938.
Ephemera 16: Newspaper cutting reporting on the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to the Shipbuilding Hall at the Glasgow exhibition in 1938 and their meeting with Chief Petty Officer James Jervois.
Ephemera 17: Sketch depicting the interior of the British Government Pavilion at the Glasgow Exhibition, 1938.

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Photograph 89: Commercial photograph of a wireless cabin of a British destroyer (HMS Icarus 1936) at the Glasgow Exhibition, 1938.