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Ephemera 1.1-3: Colour postcard views of Dartmouth, ca.1904.
Ephemera 2: Section of a map showing Co.Waterford, Ireland, ca.1904.
Ephemera 3: Magazine cutting – view of ship in Queenstown Harbour, Co.Cork, ca.1904.

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Ephemera 4.1-7: Colour postcard views of Dartmouth, ca.1904.

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Ephemera 5.1-3: Colour postcard views of Dartmouth, ca.1904.
Ephemera 6: Postcard view of Alexandra Gardens, Weymouth, 1904.
Ephemera 7: Newspaper cutting re the building of the English Electric Company, 1960.

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Ephemera 8.1-2: Two colour postcard views of Dartmouth, 1904.

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Ephemera 9: Cutting from The Naval and Military Record 18th February 1904 –photogravure of the Russian battleship Pobieda (Victory) launched 1900.

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Ephemera 10: Colour postcard view of an Irish Jaunting Car, Waterford, 1904.
Ephemera 11: Newspaper cuttings re the death of Captain C C Walcott (Naval Intelligence Officer), 1961.

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Ephemera 12.1-6: Colour postcard views of Cork, 1904.

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Ephemera 13.1-3: Colour postcard views of Blarney Castle and Stone and Connemara Strand, ca.1904.

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Photograph 1: View of HMS Donegal (1902), 1st Cruiser Squadron, 1909.

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Photograph 2: Group of officers from HMS Donegal (1902). Some are identified including Captain Frederic Brock, Commander Sclater and Lt Dudley North.

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Ephemera 14: Newspaper cuttings re deaths of Admiral Sir Frederic Brock (1929) and Admiral Sir Dudley North (1961).

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Ephemera 15: Newspaper cuttings re the deaths of Captain Taprell Dorling (1968) and Captain H P Ritchie VC (1958).
Photograph 3: View of unidentified officer with binoculars and rating firing a maxim gun on board ship, ca.1904.

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Photograph 4: Group of officers (and a cat and a kitten) from HMS Donegal (1902) 1st Cruiser Squadron, June 1909. All are identified.

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Photograph 5: View of Sub Lieutenants Hilliard, G W E Naper, J L Field, C L Fox on board a torpedo boat, ca.1904.
Ephemera 16: Newspaper cutting re death of General St George Armstrong, RM, 1956.
Ephemera 17: Postcard of painting by George Chambers of Greenwich Hospital, 1835.

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Ephemera 18: Colour photogravure of ratings undergoing field gun training, ca.1904.
Ephemera 19: Photogravure entitled ‘Life in the Navy. Training Young Gunners’. View of ratings loading a shell into the breech of a gun, ca.1904.
Ephemera 20: Photogravure entitled ‘Life in the Navy. Steering the Battleship’ ca.1904.

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Photograph 6: View of HMS Hunter (1895), ca.1905. Very poor photograph
Photograph 7: View of HMS Bedford (1901) dressed overall and at anchor, ca.1905.
Photograph 8: View of a ship steaming away, ca.1905.
Photograph 9: View of HMS Britannia (1904), 1907.
Photograph 10: View of a steam launch at Spithead, 1905.
Photograph 11: Midshipman James V V Magrane standing on the deck of HMS Donegal (1902) and holding a sextant, 1905. A very poor quality photograph.
Photograph 12: Midshipmen Paul T G Methuen and Mark E Highton, HMS Donegal (1902), 1905.
Photograph 13: Sub Lieutenant Hilliard in frock coat, 1905.

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Photographs 14-16: Views of HMS Philomel (1890) being towed by HMS Donegal (1902), 9th February 1905.
Photograph 17: View of ratings gathered on the deck of HMS Philomel (1890), 9th February 1905.

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Ephemera 20: Cuttings from unidentified source re history of HMS Donegal (1902), no date.
Photograph 18: Admiralty yacht Enchantress (1903) , ca.1905.
Photograph 19: View of HMS Donegal (1902), no date. Weeks photograph.

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Photograph 20: ‘Coming alongside at Berehaven’. View of ship’s boat with officers and ratings, ca.1905.
Photograph 21: ‘Old [HMS] Dreadnought letting off steam after being towed to last resting place in Kyles of Bute, 1905’. Very poor quality.
Photograph 22: View of HMS Cumberland (1902), 1907.
Photograph 23: View of Midshipman Mark E Highton with the ship’s cat, HMS Donegal (1902), ca.1905.
Photograph 24: View of Quartermaster Firs and Midshipman H B Fligg, HMS Donegal (1902) ca.1905.
Photograph 25: View of Lieutenant H T Dorling (with box camera), Sub Lieutenant G M Skinner and Midshipman P T G Methuen, HMS Donegal (1902), ca.1905. Henry Taprell Dorling who died in 1968 was a prolific author of books on ships and the sea. Poor quality photograph.

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Ephemera 20.1-2: Newspaper cuttings re Captain J V V Magrane and the deaths of his wife and wife of Rear Admiral R Dalglish, 1960’s.
Ephemera 21: Cutting from unidentified source re boats and complement of officers, HMS Donegal (1902), no date.
Photograph 26: View of Assistant Clerk R D Paffard, Midshipman J V V Magrane and Midshipman A C H Duke, HMS Donegal (1902), 1905. Jago reprint 24th September 1960.
Photograph 27: View of Lieutenants D B N North, W G Rigg and H R Tickell in full dress uniform, HMS Donegal (1902), 1905.

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Photograph 28: Gun Room Group, HMS Donegal (1902), 23rd March 1905. All are identified and includes Hilliard.
Ephemera 22: Paper on which are the autographs of gun room officers, HMS Donegal (1902), 1905.
Ephemera 23: Newspaper cuttings re deaths of Rear Admiral Turner, Captain Skinner and Commander Highton, 1960’s.
Photograph 29: View of Signal Boy Morgan, Midshipman Fligg and Quartermaster Firs, HMS Donegal (1902), 1905.


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Ephemera 24: Engraving showing Smeaton’s Tower in line with Diamond Mark, The Hoe, Plymouth, no date.
Photograph 30: View of HMS Collingwood (1882) and Iron Duke (1870) in Kyles of Bute with (right) HMS Dreadnought 1875) just moored, ca.1905. Very poor photograph.
Photograph 31: Quartermaster Firs and Midshipman Fligg, HMS Donegal (1902), 1905.
Photograph 32-33: Two views of HMS Philomel (1890), 1905.
Photograph 34: Inch Coln, Firth of Forth, ca.1905. Very poor photograph.
Photograph 35: View of Midshipman A C H Duke (in civilian dress) standing in country lane in Dorset, 1905.
Ephemera 25: Two ship’s crests – HMS Donegal (1902) and Cornwall (1902).

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Ephemera 26: Cutting from ‘The Strand’ magazine re Count Leo Tolstoy, ca.1905.
Photographs 36-37: Two views of the Russian cruiser Bayan (1900) in Portsmouth harbour, ca.1905.
Ephemera 27: Postcard view of Ullapool and Loch Broom, 1905.

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Ephemera 28.1-3: Postcard views of the Home Fleet in Ullapool Bay.
Ephemera 29: Postcard view of Invergordon – written on card ‘HMS Donegal 1st Cruiser Squadron, 11th May 1905.

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Ephemera 30.1-3: Three colour postcard views of Scotland –Tain, Edinburgh and Rothesay Bay, 1905.

Pages 28-30
Ephemera 31.1-8: Eight postcard views of Scotland – Port Bannatyne, Skye and Campbletown, 1905.

Pages 31
Photograph 37a: Deck view, HMS Donegal (1902), ca1905. Reprint.
Photograph 37b: View of HMS Andromeda (1897) ca. 1905. Reprint.
Photograph 37c: View of HMS Kent (1901), ca.1905. Reprint.
Photograph 37d: View of HMS Montagu (1901), ca.1905. Reprint.
Photograph 37e: View of HMS Hampshire (1903), ca.1905. Reprint.

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Photograph 38: View of the Swedish training ship Freja (?1884) in Plymouth harbour, ca.1905.
Photograph 39: Lieutenants Tickell and North on quarterdeck of HMS Donegal (1902), April 1905.
Photograph 40: View of the gun room, HMS Donegal (1902), 1905. Two officers, one reading and the other writing letters. Reprint 24th September 1960.
Photograph 41: View of HMS Good Hope (1901) early morning at Rothesay, April 1905.

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Ephemera 33: Newspaper cutting with report of the death of Reverend Thomas Archer Turner, 1905.
Ephemera 34: Cutting from the magazine ‘The Stamp Lover’ re Shackleton-Rowett Expedition 1921-22.


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Ephemera 35: Memorandum from Rear Admiral Berkeley Hulme, HM Yacht Victoria and Albert to Captain A Stuart, HMS Donegal 4th June 1905 re escort of Victoria and Albert with King Alfonso XIII on board from Cherbourg to Portsmouth.


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Photograph 42: View of the fort at west entrance to Cherbourg harbour, June 1905.
Photograph 43: View of French cruisers, Gloire (1900) in foreground with Royal Yacht on right ‘and mooring boat attending at our buoy to make us fast’, June 1905.
Photograph 44: View of Royal Yacht on way to Cherbourg, June 1905. Jago reprint 24th September 1960.
Ephemera 36: Ticket for ‘Souvenir des Grandes Fetes’ at Cherbourg, 1905.
Ephemera 37: Scrap of paper on which is sketched position of ships at Cherbourg, 1905.

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Ephemera 38: Cutting from the The Daily Graphic 7th June 1905 re the visit of King Alfonso XIII to England.
Ephemera 39: Photogravure view of French battleship Massena (1894), ca.1905.
Ephemera 40: Photogravure view of French coastal defence ship Amiral Trehouart (1893), ca.1905.
Ephemera 41: Photogravure view of French cruiser Forbin (1888), ca.1905.
Ephemera 42: Photogravure view of French battleship Henri IV (1899), ca.1905.

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Ephemera 43: Photogravure view of French battleship Suffren (1899), Flagship of Amiral Gourdon, ca.1905.
Ephemera 44: Photogravure view of the gun deck of the French armoured cruiser Gloire (1900), ca.1905.

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Ephemera 45: Five ships crests.
Photograph 45: ‘On beach at Rogerstown, north of Dublin, July 1905’. View of two army men and horses. Combined manoeuvres took place at Rogerstown, July 1905.
Photograph 46: Combined manoeuvres at Rogerstown –view of Washington Pearson, ADC to General Rimington, an unidentified army man and Lt.Whitfield, RN on beach, July 1905.
Photograph 47: Combined manoeuvres at Rogerstown –view of Captain Halsey and Major Ansell walking away in centre of beach, July 1905.
Photograph 48: ‘Sentry, Skinner and Chauffeur. Captain Goff’s car [“W1.20”] of Waterford’, 1905.

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Photograph 49: View of the bow of the extra steam pinnace supplied for the Combined Manoeuvres, July 1905.
Photograph 50: View of naval camp, Rush. Combined Manoeuvres July 1905.
Photograph 51: View of the mainmast of HMS Donegal (1902), 1905.

Pages 41&42:
Ephemera 46.1-5 : Photogravure views of the military manoeuvres at Rush, 1905.

Pages 43-46
Ephemera 47.1-6: Postcard views of the Netherlands and of the Dutch Royal Family, ca.1905.

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Ephemera 48: Pen and ink sketch of a windmill, ca.1905.
Photograph 52: HMS Kent (1901) waiting for HM The King at the Nore, 14th August 1905.
Photograph 53: Queenborough – Flushing steamer under repair at Flushing, 14th August 1905..
Photograph 54: ‘Wave due to shallow water approaching Flushing, 14th August 1905.
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Ephemera 49: Photogravure view of unidentified Dutch town, ca.1905
Photographs 55-57: Three unidentified photographs views of the Netherlands, 1905.

Pages 49-50
Ephemera 50.1-5: Postcard views of Middleburg and Bergen op Zoom, 1905.

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Ephemera 51: Colour photogravure of a Dutch milk cart with milkmaids, ca.1905.
Photographs 58.1-3: Three unidentified views of the Netherlands, 1905.

Pages 52-54
Photographs 59.1-9: Views of the Netherlands, 1905.

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Ephemera 52: Postcard view of the Market Tower, Bergen Op Zoom, 1905.
Ephemera 53: Colour photogravure of Dutch cruiser Koningin Wilhelmina (1892), 1905
Ephemera 54: Colour photogravure of Dutch coast defence ship Evertsen (1894), 1905.

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Ephemera 55.1-3: Postcard views of Bergen Op Zoom, 1905.

Pages 57-58
Photographs 60.1-6: Six unidentified views of the Netherlands, 1905.

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Ephemera 56.1-3: Two postcards of Amsterdam and one of Prins Willem II.

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Ephemera 57.1-3: Three postcard views of Amsterdam and Haarlem, 1905.

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Ephemera 58: Postcard reproduction of a painting of a windmill, 1905.
Photographs 61.1-3. Three unidentified photographs, one of Hilliard in the Netherlands, 1905.

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Photographs 62.1-4: Four unidentified views of the Netherlands, 1905.

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Ephemera 59: Cutting from Dutch publication re the Amsterdam-Haarlem-Zandvoort railway Company, 1905.

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Ephemera 60: Colour chart of Haarlem, 1905.
Ephemera 61: Photogravure view of the Cheese Market at de Waag, 1905.

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Ephemera 62.1-2: Two colour charts of Haarlem, 1905.


Pages 66-67
Ephemera 63.1-6: Six photogravure views of Haarlem, 1905.

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Ephemera 64: Photogravure view of a fountain, Haarlem, 1905.
Ephemera 65: Postcard view of Dutch warship De Ruyter 1901) at Invergordon,1905.
Ephemera 66: Postcard view of Dutch coast defence ship Koningin Regentes (1900), 1905.

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Ephemera 67: Cutting from ‘The Purchaser’s Portfolio’ entitled ‘Marine Photography’. Interview with H Symonds of Portsmouth, ca.1905.
Ephemera 68: Cutting from ‘Le Petit Journal’ 1905.

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Ephemera 69: Invitation, decorated with British and French ensigns, inviting Hilliard to a ball at the Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth, 9th August 1905.
Photograph 63: Distant view of ships at quayside, 1905.

Page 71 ‘Visit of French Fleet to Portsmouth, August 1905’.
Ephemera 70: Photogravure view of French battleship Massena (1895), 1905.
Photograph 64-68: ASK BOB.
Ephemera 71: Photogravure view of French battleship Jaureguiberry (1893), 1905.

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Ephemera 72: Photogravure view of French battleship Amiral Trehouart (1893), 1905.
Ephemera 73: Photogravure view of French battleship Carnot (1894), 1905.
Ephemera 74: Photogravure view of French Coast Defence ship Bouvines (1892), 1905.

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Ephemera 75: Postcard reproduction of an oilette by H Whitehead of the French Fleet, ca.1905.
Photograph 69: View of French armoured cruisers Conde (1902) and Gloire (1900) and battleship Amiral Trehouart (1893) alongside Portsmouth Dockyard, August 1905.
Ephemera 76: Photogravure view of French torpedo gunboat Cassini (1894), 1905.
Photograph 70: View of British torpedo boat at French Fleet Review, Spithead, 1905.

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Ephemera 76: Programme for the Admiralty Ball for the French Fleet at RN Barracks, Portsmouth. Attended by Princess Ena of Battenburg, August 1905.
Photograph 71: View of Sub Lieutenant Hilliard on watch at Portland in HMS Donegal (1902), ca.1905.
Photograph 72: Group photograph –Sub Lieutenants Hilliard and G M Skinner and Lt Washington, RMLI at Sheerness, ca.1905.
Photograph 73: View of Hilliard with camera ‘taking photograph of Lt Dorling’ on shelter deck at Rothesay, ca.1905.

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Ephemera 77: Newspaper cutting re the death of the Dowager Queen of Denmark, 1926.
Ephemera 78.1-4: Postcard views of the Danish Royal Family, 1905.


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Ephemera 79.1-3: Danish postcards.

Pages 77-85: Ephemera 80.1-32: Postcard views of Esbjerg and Fano, ca.1905.

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Photograph 74: View of ratings presumably on board HMS Donegal (1902), ca.1905. Note white uniforms and bare feet.
Photograph 75: London South West Railway steamer filled with soldiers going round the combined fleets, August 1905.
Photograph 76: View of the Admiralty Yacht Enchantress under way. Jago reprint 24th September 1960.

Pages 87-88: This page is entitled ‘Visit to Davidsons, Ayr, 1905 and other Ayr photos’.
Photographs 77.-6: Views of unidentified women reading and walking in the countryside.
Ephemera 81.1-5: Postcard views of Ayr, 1905.

Pages 89-108: 10 page typescript journal kept by Hilliard while on leave, on courses at RNC, Greenwich and when serving in HMS Donegal (1902), 1st cruiser Squadron, January 1905-October 1905.