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Letters from George Alexander Ballard to his family during the First World War (Manuscript)
1914-08-20 - 1919-07-02
BLRD/2/2/5
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
Record of private business letters of George Alexander Ballard (Manuscript)
1901-08-14 - 1945-08-04
BLRD/2/2/6
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
Book of standing orders for officers under command of George Alexander Ballard (Manuscript)
1907-09-18 - 1910-07-04
BLRD/2/1/4
Letters from George Alexander Ballard to his parents as a child and naval cadet (Manuscript)
1870-1877
BLRD/2/2/1
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
Report of committee on the armaments of defended ports abroad (Manuscript)
1906
BLRD/2/1/3
Photograph album covering later naval career of George Alexander Ballard (Manuscript)
c. 1906-1918
BLRD/2/3/4
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 and sisters 1888 - 1897 (Manuscript)
1888-07-13 - 1897-12-06
BLRD/2/2/3
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