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Letters, telegrams and postcards from Robert D Oliver to his family from HMS INFLEXIBLE, Malta, Mediterranean and Falkland Islands.
Letters, telegrams and postcards from Robert D Oliver to his family from HMS INFLEXIBLE, Malta, Mediterranean and Falkland Islands. Includes 2 copies of a letter re the Falkland Island Battle dated 10 Dec 1914; and information re the GOEBEN and the BRESLAU, 2 German ships sold to Turkey, dated 12 August 1914 (11 January-10 Dec 1914).
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Record details
| Item reference: | OLI/37; MS1984/030 MSS/84/030 |
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| Catalogue section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 43 items |
| Date made: | 1914-01-11 - 1914-12-10 |
| Creator: | Oliver, Robert Don |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Manuscript (OLI/2)
- Letters to First Lieutenant Robert D Oliver from his first wife, Mrs Torfrida L.A. Swann (nee Huddart), 24 November 1927-4 July 1928. (Manuscript) (OLI/3)
- Manuscript (OLI/6)
- Letters from Robert D Oliver to Colonel William J Oliver (his father) and Geraldine (his sister) from SS DOUGOLA and HMS GOOD HOPE, Mediterranean, at Malta, Salonika and Bashika Bay (22 Sep-24 November 1912). (Manuscript) (OLI/7)
- Letters from Robert D liver to his family from HMS INFLEXIBLE, Mediterranean fleet, re power trials, a spell in hospital with boils and the funeral of the King of Greece (25 November 1912-1 June 1914). (Manuscript) (OLI/8)
- Typed copy of letters from Robert D Oliver, HMS ALBION (as Acting Lieutenant) and HMS INFLEXIBLE, re minesweeping in the Dardanelles (18-21 March 1915). (Manuscript) (OLI/9)
- Letters from Lieutenant Robert D Oliver to his parents and his sister, mostly from HMS TELEMACHUS and HMS MURRAY; 2 from HMS RENOWN and HMS LEANDER (15 January 1917-24 Dec 1918). (Manuscript) (OLI/10)
- Letters from Lieutenant Robert D Oliver to his family, written from HMS RENOWN in Australia (24 May-2 August 1919). (Manuscript) (OLI/11)
- Letters from Lieutenant Robert D Oliver to his parents from HMS RENOWN, San Diego, New Zealand, Sura to Samoa, and Nuremburg (25 March 1920-22 April 1922). (Manuscript) (OLI/12)
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