Page 1: Inscribed ‘J M Higginton. HMS Erebus 1st August 1919’.

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Photographs 1-3: Views of the fjords. 6th August 1919.

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Photograph 4: Distant view of Tromso, 11th August 1919.
Photographs 5&6: Sea breaking over the quarterdeck (HMS Erebus) off North Cape, 12th August 1919.

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Photograph 7: Distant view of HMS Glory (1899) at Murmansk, 15th August 1919.
Photograph 8: View of a typical wooden house, Murmansk, 16th August 1919.
Photograph 9: View of main street, Murmansk, 16th August 1919. Wooden houses with two Russian horse carts in the foreground.

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Photograph 10: View of the British and French consulates at Murmansk, 16th August 1919. A wooden building with small turret and verandah.
Photograph 11: View of the shop at Murmansk, 16th August 1919. Two naval officers are standing in front of a single story building.
Photograph 12: View of the jetty at Murmansk, 16th August 1919.

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Photograph 13: Murmansk, 16th August 1919. View of a Russian woman and two children standing in front of a wooden building.
Photograph 14: Distant view of HMS Erebus (1916) at Murmansk, 16th August 1916.
Photograph 15: View of HMS Glory (1899) in the Kola river, Murmansk, 16th August 1919.

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Photograph 16: The forecastle of HMS Erebus (1916), 18th August 1919.
Photograph 17 & 18: Two views of HMS Erebus (1916) from fore-top aft, 18th August 1919.

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Photograph 19: View of North Russian port Popoff, 19th August 1919. Barges in the foreground and bluejackets lined up on the jetty.
Photograph 20: View of wooden houses on the waterfront at Popoff, 19th August 1919.
Photograph 21: View of wooden houses and timber at Popoff, 19th August 1919.

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Photograph 22: View of Short Admiralty 184 biplane Seaplane No.N9193 on Popoff jetty, 19th August 1919.
Photograph 23: View of a naval lieutenant sitting on a log by a railway line between Popoff and Kem, 19th August 1919. Possibly Surgeon Lieutenant Higginton.
Photograph 24: View of HMS Erebus (1916) alongside the jetty at Popoff, 25th August 1919.

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Photograph 25: View of Bolshevik prisoner working party with Royal Navy officer, Popoff, 26th August 1919.
Photograph 26: View of the fire station at Popoff, 26th August 1919. A wooden two storied building with a small viewing tower.
Photograph 27: View of a steam locomotive at Popoff station 26th August 1919.

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Photograph 28: View of the Russian Orthodox church at Popoff, 26th August 1919,
Photograph 29: View of the Russian Orthodox church at Kem, 26th August 1919.
Photograph 30: View of the waterfront at Kem, 26th August 1919.

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Photograph 31: View of the oldest church in Kem built 1713, 26th August 1919.
Photograph 32: HMS Ladas (1918) in North Russia, 27th August 1919.
Photograph 33: ‘Taking up bombarding positions off Onega, 28th August 1919’. View of naval lieutenant and ratings on board HMS Erebus (1916).



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Photograph 34: ‘1 Shackle’. View of kedge anchor lowered prior to ship bombarding Onega, 28th August 1919.
Photographs 35 & 36: Two view of HMS Erebus (1916) bombarding Onega at 20000 yards, 28th August 1919.

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Photograph 37: View of 4” gun (HMS Erebus) shelling the beach at Onega, 28th August 1919.
Photographs 38 & 39: View of HMS Nairana (1916) picking up a seaplane off Onega, 28th August 1919.

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Photograph 40: ‘No.1’, Lieutenant Commander William S F Macleod on board HMS Erebus (1916), Onega, 28th August 1919.
Photograph 41: Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Cecil H Symons on board HMS Erebus (1916), Onega, 28th August 1919.
Photograph 42: Captain Mark C Adamson, Royal Marine Light Infantry on board HMS Erebus (1916), Archangel, 31st August 1919.

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Photograph 43: Sub Lieutenants Ian R H Black and John W Rayner on board HMS Erebus (1916), Archangel, 31st August 1919.
Photograph 44: The Hospital Ship Garth Castle (1910) at anchor, Archangel, 31st August 1919. In the background a Russian Orthodox church on the waterfront.
Photograph 45: HMS Fox (1893) at anchor, Archangel, 31st August 1919.

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Photograph 46: The Russian battleship Chesma (1916 –ex Poltava, ex Tango) at anchor. 31st August 1919.
Photograph 47: Panoramic view of Archangel from the sea, 31st August 1919.
Photograph 48: View of the cathedral at Archangel, 31st August 1919.

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Photograph 49: View of the cathedral at Archangel, 31st August 1919.
Photograph 50: View of the interior of the cathedral at Archangel, 31st August 1919.
Photograph 51: Distant view of Lieutenant General Lord Rawlinson disembarking from HMS Erebus (1916) onto a motor launch, Archangel, 5th September 1919.

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Photograph 52: Distant view of Lieutenant General Lord Rawlinson on motor launch leaving HMS Erebus (1916), Archangel, 5th September 1919.
Photograph 53: View of area between Archangel and the White Sea on the Dvina devastated by a great fire, 5th September 1919. Hand tinted.
Photograph 54: View of two naval ratings taking soundings, HMS Erebus (1916), off Onega, 9th September 1919.

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Photograph 55: View of two naval ratings hauling in the lead line, HMS Erebus (1916), 9th September 1919.
Photograph 56: ‘Landing on Kii Island near Onega to get vegetables from the deserted monastery garden, 12th September 1919’. Officers and naval ratings, one carrying a rifle, disembarking from the ship’s boat.
Photograph 57: View of the monastery grave yard and chapel, Kii Island, 12th September 1919.

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Photograph 58: View of the monastery, Kii Island 12th September 1919.
Photograph 59: View from the belfry, Kii Island monastery, 12th September 1919.
Photograph 60: The Great Bell, Kii Island monastery, 12th September 1919.

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Photograph 61: Interior view of the chapel screen, Kii Island monastery, 12th September 1919.
Photograph 62: View of Kii Island monastery, 12th September 1919.
Photograph 63: Lieutenant Thomas H Welsby (HMS Erebus) with Paddy a dog on Kii Island, 12th September 1919.

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Photograph 64: View of the beach at Kii Island, 12th September 1919.
Photograph 65: View of starboard battery of 4” guns of HMS Erebus (1916). Steaming back to Popoff.
Photograph 66: Bolshevik prisoners in a camp at Popoff, 15th September 1919.

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Photograph 67: General Jackson, Chief of Staff at Kem and Captain John Moreton in discussion, Sports Day at Popoff, 20th September 1919.
Photograph 68: Sports Day at Popoff. View of two naval ratings engaged in a pillow fight and of Captain Forbes, Royal Army Medical Corps judging the contest, 20th September 1919.
Photograph 69: Sports Day at Popoff. Distant view of Sub Lieutenants Ian R H Black and John W Rayner engaged in a sack race, 20th September 1919.

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Photograph 70: Sports Day at Popoff. Sub Lieutenant Ian Black, Adamson (soldier) and Sub Lieutenant John W Rayner engaged in a four legged race, 20th September 1919.
Photograph 71: Sub Lieutenant John W Rayner, Sub Lieutenant Ian R H Black and ‘Pay and Doc of Nairana (1917)’ – presumably Paymaster Lieutenant RNR Herbert J Kirby and Surgeon Lieutenant Denis A Knight in the tug J O Gravel (1918) on the way to Solovetski (Solovetsky), 22nd September 1919.
Photograph 72: View of Solovetski Island seen from the channel in the harbour, 22nd September 1919.

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Photograph 73: View of the monastery at Solovetski from across the harbour, 22nd September 1919.
Photograph 74: The Great Gate at Solovetski monastery, 22nd September 1919.
Photograph 75: The bell captured by the British (HMS Brisk and Miranda) during Baltic campaign of 1854 and returned by King George V (4th August 1912), 22nd September 1919.

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Photograph 76: Inscription on back of photograph –‘Inquiring for the Abbot’. A group of naval officers in conversation with a Russian, 22nd September 1919.
Photograph 77: Two Russian Orthodox priests from Solovetski monastery –the Abbot is standing on the right, 22nd September 1919.
Photograph 78: View of the monastery at Solovetski, 22nd September 1919.

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Photograph 79: Russian guide and naval officer standing in front of the monastery at Solovetski, 22nd September 1919. Caption on back of photograph, ’Our guide – the Abbot’s secretary?
Photograph 80: A tame seagull flying over the sacred lake, 22nd September 1919.
Photograph 81: Last members of force at Popoff waiting to go out to the transport, 30th September 1919. Distant view of naval officers and stores on timber jetty.

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Photograph 82: Caption on back of photograph, ‘End of evacuation of Kem district’ 30th September 1919. Naval officers leaving Popoff.
Photograph 83: Towing M23 (1915) up Kola river to Murmansk’ 7th October 1919. Photograph taken from HMS Erebus (1916).
Photograph 84: General Rawlinson and staff leaving North Russian 8th October 1919. View of two ships underway.

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Photograph 85: Transports leaving the Kola river, 11th October 1919. Very distant view.
Photograph 86: Convoy of small craft at Honningvag, 12th October 1919.
Photograph 87: View of ships in the sunset, Honningvag, 12th October 1919.

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Photographs 88-90: Two views of mountains at Honningvag, 12th October 1919.

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Photographs 91-93: Three views of Tromso, 14th October 1919.

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Photograph 94: View of an unidentified coast line, 16th October 1919.
Photographs 95-96: Three naval officers walking on the deck of HMS Erebus (1916) in the fjords, 16th October 1919.

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Photographs 97-99: Three views of the fjords, 16th October 1919.

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Photographs 100-102: Three views of the fjords, 16th – 17th October 1919.

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Photograph 103: View from the sea near Aalsund, 18th October 1919.
Photograph 104: Panoramic view from the sea of Aalsund, 18th October 1919.
Photograph 105: A Norwegian pilot standing on the deck of HMS Erebus (1916), 19th October 1919.

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Photograph 106: Another Norwegian pilot standing on the deck of HMS Erebus (1916), 19th October 1919.
Photograph 107: View of a fully rigged four masted barque in the Skagerrak, 20th October 1919.
Photograph 108: Distant view of Finnish torpedo boats in Biorko Sound, 24th October 1919.

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Photograph 109: Distant view of HMS Delhi (1918), the flag ship of Rear Admiral Walter Cowan at Biorko Sound, 24th October 1919.
Photograph 110: HMS Vindictive (1918) with coastal motor boats at Biorko Sound 24th October 1919.
Photograph 111: A light cruisers and destroyers at Biorko Sound, 24th October 1919.

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Photograph 112: Three men with a model of a three masted schooner in a small rowing boat (marked 1033), October 1919.
Photograph 113: Distant view of a coastal motor boat underway in Biorko Sound, October 1919.
Photograph 114: Two dogs – Ben and Popoff – lying on the deck of ?HMS Erebus (1916), October 1919.

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Photograph 115: View of wooden church at Koivisto, Finland. In the foreground –Sub Lieutenant John Rayner and Lieutenant Thomas Welsby with dog walking across a bridge, 25th October 1919.
Photograph 116: View of wooden houses at Koivisto, Finland, 25th October 1919.
Photograph 117: Four Finnish school boys coming back from school, Koivisto, 25th October 1919.

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Photographs 118-119: Two views of HMS Phaeton (1914) bombarding attacking force [German] at Libau, 9th November 1919. The British were assisting the Latvians in their fight for independence against both the Bolsheviks and the Germans.
Photograph 120: HMS Erebus (1916) taking in ammunition – cordite cases being slung in, 9th November 1919.

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Photographs 121-122: Two view of cordite cases being loaded on board HMS Erebus (1916), November 1919.
Photograph 123: A 15”projectile being slung on board HMS Erebus (1916), November 1919.

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Photograph 124: Sailors on board HMS Erebus (1916) handling a 15” projectile, November 1919.
Photograph 125: Sailors on board HMS Erebus (1916) lowering a 15” projectile into the shell room, November 1919.
Photograph 126: View of the naval harbour at Libau, 14th November 1919.

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Photograph 127: Distant view of HMS Winchester (1918) in ?Libau harbour, November 1919.
Photographs 128-129: Two view of ship’s dog Crusoe (on board ?HMS Erebus), 16th November 1919.




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Photograph 130: Ship’s dog Crusoe (on board ?HMS Erebus), 16th November 1919.
Photograph 131: View of ships in Libau harbour at sunset, 16th November 1919.
Photograph 132: Liberty men landing at naval harbour steps, Libau, 25th November 1919.

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Photograph 133: View of the commercial harbour at Libau, 25th November 1919.
Photograph 134: View of Central Square, Libau, 25th November 1919.
Photograph 135: Sentry and drawbridge on the main road out of Libau, 12th December 1919.

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Photograph 136: View of countryside in the snow, 1919.
Photograph 137: View of Copenhagen, 23rd December 1919.
Photograph 138: Arrival of the guard at the palace, Copenhagen, 23rd December 1919.

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Photographs 139-141: The changing of the guard at the palace, Copenhagen, 23rd December 1919.

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Photograph 142: The changing of the guard at the palace, Copenhagen, 23rd December 1919.
Photographs 143-144: Two views of HMS Erebus (1916) dressed overall, alongside the Langeline, Copenhagen, 24th December 1919.

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Photographs 145 & 150: Two views of people sledging in Copenhagen, 25th December 1919.
Photograph 147: Distant view of the Yacht Club, Copenhagen, 26th December 1919.

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Photograph 148: Distant view of a harbour fort, Copenhagen from the sea, 27th December 1919.
Photograph 149: ‘Homeward bound’ –photograph taken from HMS Erebus (1916) at sea of Copenhagen receding into the distance, 27th December 1919.
Photograph 150: Crew with brooms on a snow covered deck, HMS Erebus (1916), 28th December 1919.

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Photographs 151 & 152: Two views of the ice covered decks, HMS Erebus (1916), 28th December 1919.
Photograph 152: Wreckage of cutter on quarter deck, HMS Erebus (1916), 30th December 1919.

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Photograph 154: HMS Erebus’s whaler showing a hole in her side, 30th December 1919.
Photograph 155: The main mast of HMS Erebus (1916), 30th December 1919.
Photograph 156: A 2nd Sick Berth Steward on board HMS Erebus (1916), ca.1920

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Photograph 157: A Sick Berth Attendant on board HMS Erebus (1916), ca.1920

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Photograph 158: A lieutenant, (possibly Surgeon Lieutenant Higginton) standing on some rocks, ca.1920.


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Photograph 159: A 6 oared cutter from HMS Erebus (1916) on a beach with 5 naval ratings wearing life jackets, ca.1920.

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Photograph 160: Russian battleship Tchesma (1894) at anchor ca.1920

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Photograph 161: View from the sea of an unidentified coastline in the snow, ca.1920.

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Photograph 162: View from the sea of an unidentified coastline. There are small wooden houses on the waterfront, ca.1920.

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Photograph 163: Distant view from the sea of an unidentified mountainous coastline, ca.1920.

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Photograph 164: HMS Erebus’s 15” guns – below are naval ratings with 2 anti-aircraft guns, ca.1920.

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Photograph 165: HMS Erebus (1916) alongside a damaged jetty, ca.1920.
Photograph 166: A Paymaster Lieutenant with a box camera on board HMS Erebus (1916), ca.1920. Possibly Acting Paymaster Lieutenant Commander John D M Cavanagh CMG.
Photograph 167: A lieutenant on board HMS Erebus (1916), ca.1920. Possibly Surgeon Lieutenant Higginton.

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Photograph 168: A funnel, HMS Erebus (1916), ca. 1920.

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Photograph 169: HMS Erebus’s boats on deck, ca.1920.

Loose photographs.
Photograph 170: Distant view of Libau harbour and the naval barracks, 1919.
Photograph 171: View of the countryside outside Libau, 1919.
Photograph 172: View of an unidentified building, no date.