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Certificate of the Order of the Nile (Fourth Class), conferred on Thursfield by the Sultan of Egypt for distinguished services rendered during the First World War, see ‘Supplement to The London Gazette’ published on 29 October 1918. With some related letters from the Admiralty and British Museum.

Issue of ‘Khaki’ magazine from October 1915, including an article by Thursfield about Admiral Charles Middleton, first Baron Barham (1726-1813) entitled ‘Lord Barham: A Strategic Study’.

Letters to James Richard Thursfield and his wife, from family and friends, mainly concerning their son Henry G. Thursfield, his promotion to the rank of commander and subsequent appointments, dated between 22 September 1912 and 12 June 1917.…

Letters to James Richard Thursfield, discussing the progress of his son Henry G. Thursfield as a naval cadet on HMS BRITANNIA at Dartmouth. There are letters from Vice-Admiral John A. Fisher, Captain Assheton G. Curzon-Howe, the journalist Charles N. Robinson and the instructor James M. Pask.

Letters from James Richard Thursfield to family in the period from 1891 to 1905:

(1) Letter to his son Henry G. Thursfield at Fairhill, Great Berkhamsted, sent from the battleship HMS SANS PAREIL (1887) off Scarborough, dated 30 July 1891.…

Certificates and other papers relating to Thursfield’s training as a junior officer:
(1) Printed lists of marks obtained in the annual examination of junior officers of the Channel Squadron, issued by Vice-Admiral Harry H. Rawson, dated 28 July 1899 and 11 July 1900.…