Rayne's personal diary on HMS HECTOR, HMS HERCULES AND HMS RESOLUTION with newspaper clippings.
Navigating Officer's Workbook: Journal kept by Geoffrey Rayne on HMS HECTOR (Mediterranean, between September 1915 and June 1916), HMS HERCULES, Grand Fleet (between June 1915 and January 1917) and HMS RESOLUTION Grand Fleet (January 1917). Rayne's personal war diary written between 27 September 1915 and 1 December 1918, including naval signals (telegrams); press cuttings following the progress of the conflict; a letter address to the Lieutenant Commander Rayne, dated July 1916 and a handrawn sketch titled 'Sunny Patch'.
Record Details
| Item reference: | RYN/4; MSS/79/105 MS1979/105 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | volume |
| Date made: | 1915-1918 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Log of HMS REVENGE, HMS EUROPA, HMS DIADEM, HMS DOLPHIN and HMS JUPITER kept by Midshipman Geoffrey Middleton Randall Rayne. (Manuscript) (RYN/2)
- Memoranda concerning naval support for landings at Gallipoli and evacuation. (Manuscript) (RYN/3)
- Rayne's personal diary on HMS HECTOR, HMS HERCULES AND HMS RESOLUTION with newspaper clippings. (Manuscript) (RYN/4)
- Photograph album showing shipboard life during the First World War at sea and on leave. (Manuscript) (RYN/5)
- Negatives of photos including Halifax and Malta. (Manuscript) (RYN/6)