This is a photograph album with green cloth covered boards with a design to the upper cover. The boards and spine are loose. The album contains 37 leaves and 167 small photographs attached by corner mounts. There are are also 38 loose prints (some are duplicates). There are captions.

Contents: This album relates to Yeoman Clarkson’s naval service from 1946 – 48 when he was serving in HMS Amethyst (1943) stationed in Japan. Places include Kyoto in 1947, Hiroshima, Miyajima Island in 1947 and Kure in 1946. There are also many photographs of members of the ship’s company enjoying life in Japan and of Vice Admiral Sir Denis W. Boyd, KCB, CBE, DSC, CinC British Pacific Fleet. Ships include Ise (1916) or Hyuga (1917), Amagi (1943) in 1946, and HMS Amethyst (1943). The ship’s pets are also represented.

For an overview of Yeoman Clarkson’s life see album ALB0840.

Page 1
Photographs 1 – 5: Five views of Nagaoka Racecourse, Kyoto, 29 March 1947.

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Photographs 6 – 8: Three views of Osaka and Kyoto railway stations, 30 March 1947.

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Photograph 9: Beach near Osaka, March 1947.
Photograph 10: Japanese baseball game, March 1947.
Photograph 11: Distant view of a sunken Liberty ship near Osaka, March 1947.
Photograph 12: Japanese trees, 1947.

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Photographs 13 & 14: Two views of a Japanese woman at work on a hand loom, Kyoto textile factory, 26 March 1947.
Photographs 15 & 16: Two views of a Japanese man repairing a Chinese lacquered box, Kyoto, 1947.

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Photographs 17 – 20: Four views of a visit to the sacred Mount Hiei, Kyoto, 27 March 1947.

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Photographs 20 – 22: Three views of Hiroshima, 1947.
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Photograph 23: View of the Japanese cruiser Iwate (1900), Kure, 1947.
Photograph 24: View of about fifty midget submarines (Kairyu type), ?Kure, 1947.
Photograph 25: View of Kure Port, no date.

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Photographs 26 – 28: Three views of Lake Biwa from Mount Hiei, 1947.

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Photographs 29 – 31: Three views of Kure port and city, no date.

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Photograph 32: Kure House, BCOF [British Commonwealth Occupation Force], 1947.
Photograph 33: Kure town and harbour, 1947.
Photograph 34: US Military Government H Q, Kure, 1947.

Page 11
Photographs 35 – 40: Six views of Admiral Sir Denis Boyd, C in C British Pacific Fleet inspecting troops, ?Kure, Japan, 27 February 1947.

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Photographs 41 & 42: Two views of Mount Fujiyama, no date.
Photograph 43: Notice on AA gun sight on top of mountain overlooking Kure, 16 March 1947.
Photograph 44: View of Hiro, 1947.
Photograph 45: Two unidentified men, 1947.

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Photograph 46: Shrine overlooking Kure, 1947.
Photograph 47: Japanese woman identified as ‘Myomoto’, 1947.
Photograph 48: Two Japanese children, 1947.
Photograph 49: Japanese children at Christmas party held in barracks, 1946.
Photograph 50: Japanese playing basketball, 1947.

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Photograph 51: Signal Station, Port Directorate, Kure, 1947.
Photograph 52: View of the inner harbour, Kure, 1947.
Photographs 53 & 54: Two views of the mast of HMS Amethyst (1943) after typhoon, November 1946.
Photograph 55: Five officers, HMS Amethyst (1943), Kure, ca.1947.
Photograph 56: HMS Amethyst’s dog, ‘Junior’, 1947.

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Photographs 57 & 58: Two views of the P Directorate, one when the Americans had it in 1946 and one when the British had finished with it in 1947.

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Photographs 59 – 64: Six views of Kure, January 1947.



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Photographs 65 – 69: Five views of wrecked Japanese battleship Ise (1917) bombed in Kure harbour in 1945, 1947.
Photograph 70: View of wrecked Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi (1944) bombed in Kure harbour in 1945, 1947.
Photograph 71: Ship’s dog Judy, March 1947.
Photograph 72: Two red setters photographed on the steps of an unidentified building, 1947.

Page 18. Photographs missing.

Page 19
Photographs 73 & 74: Two views of fancy dress parade at the Royal Naval Barracks, Kure, 1947.
Photographs 75 & 76: Two views of the visit of General Eichelberger (US Army) to Kure, 14 November 1947.

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Photographs 77 & 78: Two views of sports day, Kure, Japan, October 1946.

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Photograph 79: Group of men identified as Liaison Staff from the French despatch vessel Savorgnan De Brazza (1931), ca.1946.
Photograph 80: Yeoman Clarkson with two French sailors, ca.1946.
Photograph 81: Distant view of Tamatave, ca.1946.
Photograph 82: Distant view of Santa Maria convict island off Madagascar, ca.1946.
Photograph 83: View of Tamatave, ca.1946.
Photograph 84: Commandante Jubelin leaving the ship, ca.1946.

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Photographs 85 – 87: Three views of an elephant procession, Kandy, ca.1946.
Photographs 88-89: Two unidentified men on the beach at Mount Lavinia, ca.1946.
Photograph 90: Unidentified sailor, Mount Lavinia, ca.1946.

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Photographs 91 & 92: Two views of Table Mountain, ca.1943.
Photograph 93: Yeoman McCall sailing at Trincomalee, ca.1943.

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Photograph 94 – 96: Three views of sailors from HMS Amethyst (1943) at Miyajima Island, 17 April 1947.
Photograph 97 – 100: Four views of Shinto shrine, Miyajima Island, 17 April 1947.

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Photographs 101 – 107: Seven views of Miyajima Island, 1947.

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Photographs 108 – 114: Seven views of Miyajima Island, 1947.

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Photographs 115 – 123: Nine views of unidentified naval officers posing for the camera, Hiroshima, 1947.
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Photographs 124 – 126: Three views of a Japanese fair, Kure, ca.1947.
Photographs 127 – 131: Five views of a swimming gala, ca.1947.

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Photographs 132 – 138: Seven views of the Empire Parade, Kure, Japan, 1946.
Ephemera 1: Invitation from Lieutenant J C Rushbrooke to Yeoman Clarkson on the occasion of his departure from Japan, 4 November 1946.

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Photographs 139 & 140: Two views of a bunch of flowers, a ship in a bottle and a doll, no date.

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Photograph 141: Distant view of a man identified as Reg Hackforth, ca.1946.

Page 32
Photographs missing.

Page 33
Photograph 142: A Japanese restaurant, Tokyo, ca.1947.
Photograph 143: A Russian cadet training ship anchored in Yokohama, ca.1947.
Photographs 144 – 145: Two views of HMAS Warramunga (1942) arriving at Yokohama and alongside HMS Amethyst (1943), 1947.
Photographs 146 & 147: Two views of members of the ship’s company, Christmas Day and New Year’s day, 1947/8.

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Photograph 148: Two Japanese women and child, ca.1948
Photograph 149: Two ship’s dogs, Judy and Bombhead, ca.1948.

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Photograph 150: Man in a kilt posing for the camera, ca.1948..
Photograph 151: Group of sailors and petty officers going ashore, Sasebo, Japan, ca.1948.
Photograph 152: Volcanic island off West Kyushu, ca.1948.
Photograph 153: HMS Sussex (1928) at Hong Kong, ca.1948.

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Photographs 154 – 156: Three views of unidentified young men bathing in the sea, ca.1948.

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Photographs 157: Colour photograph of ship loaded with Chinese Nationalist troops, 1948.
Photograph 158: Timber ship going up the Yangtze river, 1948.
Photograph 159: US cruiser at Shanghai, 1948.

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Photograph 160: Depth charges, HMS Amethyst (1943), ca.1948.
Photograph 161: Two petty officers identified as Garry Owen and Len and an army officer identified as Mac, ca.1948.


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Photograph 162: View of Nanking, 1948.

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Photograph 163: Inter-Island trading schooner off Singapore, 1948.
Photograph 164: A Vampire jet, 13 June 1948.
Photograph 165: Transferring patients to RFA King Salvor (1942) from HMS Amethyst (1943), 1948.
Photograph 166: The Indian and Dutch consul leaving HMS Amethyst (1943) with Sir Ralph Stephens, British Consul, Nanking, 1948.
Photograph 167: Naval Attache, Nanking leaving HMS Amethyst (1943), Nanking, 1948.
Ephemera 2: Newspaper cutting re interception of a tonkang by the Navy, June 1948.

Loose photographs
Photographs 168 -177: Nine views of Japanese temples and pagodas, ca.1947.
Photographs 178 – 189: Eleven views of Hiroshima, ca.1947.
Photographs 190-191: Two views of Kure, ca.1947.
Photograph 192: Boarding a schooner (Malay Regiment on board), ca.1947.
Photograph 193: View of a ship being painted, ca.1947
Photograph 194: View of launches at a quayside, ca.1947.
Photograph 195: Unidentified man on a beach, ca.1947.
Photograph 196: Two Japanese women in kimonos, 1947,
Photograph 197: Two petty officers, the one on the right possibly Clarkson, ca.1947.
Photograph 198: Unidentified church, ca.1947.
Photograph 199: City Hall, Durban, ca.1947.
Photographs 200 – 201: Two views of Japanese city, ca.1947.
Photograph 202: Pulo Redang, ca.1947.