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George Alexander Ballard, miscellaneous and single documents (Manuscript) 1881-1944 BLRD/2/4
Miscellaneous documents relating to members of George Alexander Ballard's family including watercolours by his mother, a letter to his brother from General Alexandru Averescu, army staff college exam results for his son James, letters on Ballard family ancestry and a review of his book on the h…
George Alexander Ballard, memoirs, photograph albums and scrapbooks (Manuscript) 1871-1948 BLRD/2/3
Unfinished memoirs covering George Alexander Ballard's naval career up to 1885, two photograph albums, one covering his career in the 1880s and the other during the First World War, particularly his time at Malta Dockyard.…
Personal correspondence of George Alexander Ballard (Manuscript) 1867-1945 BLRD/2/2
Letters sent and received by George Alexander Ballard throughout his naval career. The letters are primarily between George and his parents but also include letters from his wife, sisters and children.…
Letters from George Alexander Ballard to his family during the First World War (Manuscript) 1914-08-20 - 1919-07-02 BLRD/2/2/5
Letters sent by George Alexander Ballard during the First World War to his mother, sisters, and children. Letters dated August 1914 to April 1916 cover his time as Admiral of Patrols responsible for defending the Eastern Coast of Great Britain.…
Log book kept by George Alexander Ballard while serving as a Lieutenant on various ships (Manuscript) 1886-05-01 - 1895-05-18 BLRD/2/1/1
Log book kept by George Alexander Ballard while serving as a Lieutenant. The volume covers his service in HMS WOODLARK May 1886 to February 1887; HMS TEMERAIRE November 1887 to May 1891; HMS LINNET February 1892 to January 1895 and HMS GIBRALTAR April 1895 to May 1895.
Record of private business letters of George Alexander Ballard (Manuscript) 1901-08-14 - 1945-08-04 BLRD/2/2/6
Volume containing summary records of private business letters sent and received by George Alexander Ballard. These mainly relate to family, financial, and living arrangements but also include entries recording his naval appointments and promotions during this period.…
Copy of a review by Captain Mizuno published by Imperial University of Tokyo, of Ballard's book 'The Influence of the sea on the political history of Japan' (Manuscript) July 1922 BLRD/2/4/3
Handwritten copy or translation of a review by Captain Mizuno of Ballard's book 'The influence of the sea on the political history of Japan' taken from The Magazine of The Society of Political Science, The Imperial University of Tokyo.
Book of standing orders for officers under command of George Alexander Ballard (Manuscript) 1907-09-18 - 1910-07-04 BLRD/2/1/4
Book of standing orders issued by George Alexander Ballard for officers under his command in HMS HAMPSHIRE and HMS COMMONWEALTH as part of the Home Fleet. Orders are followed by the initials of each of the officers to indicate they had been read.
Letters from George Alexander Ballard to his parents as a child and naval cadet (Manuscript) 1870-1877 BLRD/2/2/1
Letters sent by George Alexander Ballard to his parents and uncle. These include childhood letters written while living in India, Australia and school holidays in Scotland.…
Typed report 'A short account of the work carried out by Malta Dockyard during the war 1914-1918' by W.A. Griffiths (Manuscript) 1918 BLRD/2/1/8
Typed report 'A short account of the work carried out by Malta Dockyard during the war 1914-1918' compiled by W.A. Griffiths, deputy cashier and copies of correspondence between Admiral Laurence Eliot Power and Admiral Brian Barttelot requesting it be written.…
Report of committee on the armaments of defended ports abroad (Manuscript) 1906 BLRD/2/1/3
Proof copy of a Report of committee on the armaments of defended ports abroad, of which Ballard was a member. Includes appendices tables showing committee's recommendations as to guns and electric lights.
Photograph album covering later naval career of George Alexander Ballard (Manuscript) c. 1906-1918 BLRD/2/3/4
Photograph album covering Ballard's later naval career. The album includes photographs from his time in command of HMS TERRIBLE, HMS HAMPSHIRE and HMS COMMONWEALTH and as Admiral of Patrols in the early years of the First World War.…
Letters from George Alexander Ballard to his mother and sisters 1899 - 1911 (Manuscript) 1899-04-23 - 1911-01-14 BLRD/2/2/4
Letters from George Alexander Ballard to his mother sent while serving in HMS ISIS, HMS HAMPSHIRE and HMS BRITANNIA. Most of the letters are sent from the ISIS while in the Mediterranean or on the China Station during the Boxer Rebellion.…
Letters from George Alexander Ballard to his mother and sisters 1888 - 1897 (Manuscript) 1888-07-13 - 1897-12-06 BLRD/2/2/3
Letters from George Alexander Ballard to his mother and sisters sent while serving in HMS LINNET and HMS TEMERAIRE in the Mediterranean and on the China Station and one letter from HMS RENARD sent from Holyhead.…
Four watercolours by George Alexander Ballard's mother Joanna (Manuscript) c.1881 BLRD/2/4/1
Four watercolours by George Alexander Ballard's mother Joanna Ballard (née Scott Moncrieff). Subjects include Broadford Hills, The Tay near Dunkeld, a flower sketched from a veranda in Bombay, and a winter forest scene.
Ballard family papers (Manuscript) 1840-1948 BLRD
The collection is composed of two sub-collections, the first of these contains papers of Lieutenant-General John Archibald Ballard (1829-1880) which cover his service as part of the Ottoman forces during the Crimean War and his service for the East India Company in the Persian Campaign and Indian Re…
Papers and official documents relating to the naval career of George Alexander Ballard (Manuscript) 1886-1918 BLRD/2/1
Naval papers of George Alexander Ballard including a log book from his service 1886-1895, an order book from his commands during the 1900s and copies of orders issued while Admiral of Patrols during the First World War.…
Papers of Admiral George Alexander Ballard (Manuscript) 1867-1948 BLRD/2
This second sub-collection which forms the bulk of the Ballard collection contains the papers of Admiral George Alexander Ballard (1862-1948) which record events of his naval career from 1875-1919 including his participation in the Mahdist War, Third Anglo-Burmese War, and First World War.…
Photograph album covering naval career of George Alexander Ballard (Manuscript) 1882-1893 BLRD/2/3/3
Photograph album covering Ballard's naval career including his service in Burma, China and Siam [Thailand]. Includes photographs of the HMS WOODLARK, HMS TEMERAIRE and HMS LINNET and photographs of their officers.…
Papers on Ballard family ancestry (Manuscript) 1924-1940 BLRD/2/4/4
Several documents relating to research into ancestry of the Ballard family. Includes handwritten copy of funerary inscription for Ballard's grandfather George Ballard (1779-1837) and other relations. A Ballard pedigree, a letter from Sidney P.…
Letter from General Alexandru Averescu to Brigadier General Colin Ballard (Manuscript) 14 February 1919 BLRD/2/4/2
Letter to Brigadier General Colin Ballard [brother of George Alexander Ballard] from General Alexandru Averescu thanking him for his kindness and service as military attaché in Romania during 1917-1918.…
Part of letter from Sir Geoffrey Callender to Ballard (Manuscript) 13 September 1944 BLRD/2/4/7
Part of a letter from Sir Geoffrey Callender (first Director of National Maritime Museum) to Ballard asking his opinion on Admiral Sir James Hope and discussing portraits of Hope and other naval officers held by the National Maritime Museum.
Letters to George Alexander Ballard regarding his father's medals and honours and an account of his work as Mint Master at Bombay (Manuscript) 1911 BLRD/2/2/10
Letter from the Lieutenant Colonel Leetham, Secretary of the Royal United Service Institution to Ballard regarding his father's medals, and on whether any other Subaltern or Captain had been made a Companion of the Bath at that rank.…
Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings covering George Alexander Ballard's later life and those of his family (Manuscript) 1920-1948 BLRD/2/3/6
Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings of reviews of Ballard's published works. Also contains clippings on the army career of his son Colonel James Archibald William Ballard, and obituaries for Admiral George Alexander Ballard and his brother, Brigadier General Colin Robert Ballard.