Naval Christmas Cards from officers on board ships to Commander John Henry Pipe.
Naval Christmas Cards adressed to Commander John Henry Pipe from 1919 to 1935 includes pictures of HMS CHRYSANTEMU, HMS SHIKARI; HM Hospital ship MAINE; HMCS WARRIOR; Royal Naval College Greenwich; HMS St ANGELO; Royal Marines at Deal; HMS RESOURCE; HMS COVENTRY; HMS WOOLWICH; HMS VICTORY (1805); HMS EXCELLENT (1794); Esatney Barracks at Portsmouth; HMS DESPATECH and a card sent from HMS GANGES. Also includes are the front of three Christmas cards from HMS KINGFISHER; HMS GREENWICH and HMS COCHRANE.
Administrative / biographical background
John Henry Pipe died 22 October 1944, aged 54, on HMS GREENWICH. He was the son of William and Ada Pipe; husband of Nellie Frances Pipe, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent. His son, David John Alwyne Pipe, also died on service.
Administrative / biographical background
John Henry Pipe died 22 October 1944, aged 54, on HMS GREENWICH. He was the son of William and Ada Pipe; husband of Nellie Frances Pipe, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent. His son, David John Alwyne Pipe, also died on service.
Record Details
| Item reference: | HSR/V/23; MSS/73/001 MS1973/001 MSS/73/001 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1919-1935; 1933-01-01 - 1935-12-31 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Transferred to HSR/A/5. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/1)
- Information about the Turkish decoration, superb aigrette, Constantinople, 3 Nov 1798. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/2)
- John Senex: proposals for a new pair of globes, ca.1720. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/3)
- French Renaissance illumination of 16th century showing Pope Clement I with the anchor with which he was martyred. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/4)
- Signature and engraving of Sir Anthony Ashley, Bart, ca.1600. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/5)
- Index to a naval letterbook, unidentified, ca.1745. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/6)
- 'The London Gazette', no.2142, 27-31 May 1686. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/7)
- Receipt for the payment by Edmund Swanton of a tax granted for building thirty ships of war. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/8)
- Grant of Arms to Admiral William Hotham as Baron Hotham of South Dalton, with the Seal of the King of Arms of All Ireland attached, dated 6 April 1797. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/9)
- Petition to the Constable of Dover Castle from the Barons of the Cinque Ports to take part in the coronation of George IV, 1 Jul 1820. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/1)
- Draft of a congratulatory address to George III on the occasion of the battle of Trafalgar by the Corporation of Great Yarmouth, 26 Nov 1805. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/2)
- Transferred to PUS/3. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/3)
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