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File relating to a prize essay competition (Manuscript)
1937 - 1937
GTN/5/1
File relating to a prize essay competition, including: 'Suggestions for the Assistance of Competitors for Naval History Essay Prizes'; 'Essay on Naval History' by Gretton; and notes authenticating the essay.…
'Journal for the use of Junior Officers Afloat' - Midshipman's journal kept by Gretton, HMS DURBAN (Manuscript)
1935-08-29 - 1936-03-25
GTN/2
'Journal for the use of Junior Officers Afloat' - Midshipman's journal kept by Gretton, HMS DURBAN
Workbook includes history notes with cuttings and illustrations (Battle of Jutland to the Anti-Submarine Campaign, Zeebrugge) (Manuscript)
1926 - 1929
GTN/1/5
1 of 5 workbooks containing course notes written by Gretton while a cadet at Dartmouth Naval College. Includes history notes with cuttings and illustrations (Battle of Jutland to the Anti-Submarine Campaign, Zeebrugge)
Gretton, Sir Peter William, Vice-Admiral (1912-1992) (Manuscript)
1964-02 - 1968-10
GTN/8/15/2
Correspondence regarding potential book projects offered to Gretton by various publishers
Gretton, Sir Peter William, Vice-Admiral (1912-1992) (Manuscript)
1957-05 - 1964-03
GTN/8/15/1
File of official correspondence (including Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma; Lord Peter Carrington) relating to Gretton's appointments (including a possible job as Governor of Burma), promotions and resignation
Gretton, Sir Peter William, Vice-Admiral (1912-1992) (Manuscript)
1919-08 - 1956-12
GTN/9/6
File of research material relating to training, discipline and leadership within the armed forces.…
Gretton, Sir Peter William, Vice-Admiral (1912-1992) (Manuscript)
1968-10 - 1968-10
GTN/8/2
Letter to Gretton relating to an article of Gretton's reviewed for The Ampleforth Journal
Gretton, Sir Peter William, Vice-Admiral (1912-1992) (Manuscript)
1968-07 - 1969-01
GTN/8/8
File of correspondence relating to The Navy Records Society, including a letter from Lieutenant-Commander Peter K Kemp (Naval Historical Branch)
Gretton, Sir Peter William, Vice-Admiral (1912-1992) (Manuscript)
1956-06 - 1980-03
GTN/8/11
File of correspondence and reports relating to Gretton's involvement with Task Force 'Grapple', hydrogen bomb testing on Christmas Island. Includes a 'Crossing the Line' certificate issued to Gretton, 20 November 1956
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