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Personal copies of the agreement for the Japanese surrender at Singapore, 1945. (Manuscript)
1945-08-08 - 1945-09-12
HND/4/3
Personal copies of the Japanese Surrender Agreement, Singapore, 8th August 1945-12th September 1945
Lecture notes, 1913-1950. (Manuscript)
1913-05-15 - 1950-04
HND/4/5
Lecture notes - a variety of lectures/talks given by Holland during his naval career and after his retirement. Includes some duplications and additonal notes from other sources
Album of photographs and documents relating to HMS KEMPENFELT, 1934-1937. (Manuscript)
1934-08 - 1937-05-12
HND/3/3
Photograph album - HMS KEMPENFELT, 1934-1937 - includes photographs and press cuttings of and about the KEMPENFELT, her Captain, crew and assignments off the coast, in the Mediterranean and at home (King's Silver Jubilee celebrations).…
Memorandum regarding the visit of King George V to the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow, June 1917. (Manuscript)
1917-06-19 - 1917-06-24
HND/4/1
Secret memorandum regarding the visit of King George V to the Northern Base - 21st-24th June 1917 (also includes detailed programme)
Naval messages regarding the surrender of the German High Sea Fleet, 1918. (Manuscript)
1918-11-12 - 1918-12-17
HND/4/7
Volume of Naval Messages regarding the surrender of the German High Sea Fleet - 12th November-17th December 1918. Also includes two memoranda, a press cutting and a 'Service of Thanksgiving' programme
Various personal items and papers relating to the Holland family. (Manuscript)
HND/6
This file contains personal, miscellaneous items as follows - biographical notes; letters, guest list, RSVPs regarding the ARK ROYAL reunion party; printed list of the Council in London for the United Emergency Fund for Britain; various items relating to the Holland Crest/Coat of arms; reference to …
Extract from a journal kept on HMS AUSTRALIA during the International Naval Review at New York, 1893. (Manuscript)
1893-04 - 1893-05
HND/101/6
Extract from a journal kept by Holland while serving on HMS AUSTRALIA, covering the Naval Review at New York, April and May 1893. It documents events including visits, functions, parades, dinners, and races and meeting US President Cleveland.…
Portrait photograph. (Manuscript)
HND/103/1
Black and white photograph of Swinton Colthurst Holland.
Journal kept on HMS MALACCA, HMS DONEGAL and HMS SYLVIA, 1868-1873. (Manuscript)
1868-01-01 - 1873-03-24
HND/101/4
Journal kept by Holland as a lieutenant serving in the Americas and Canada on board HMS MALACCA - 1 January1868-28 August 1869 (follows on from HND/101/3); at Portsmouth and passage to Hong Kong - HMS DONEGAL - 16 November 1869-4 May 1870; the Inland Sea of Japan on board the survey ship HMS SYLVIA …
Typescript sheets with duplicated parts of the private journal HND/2/4/1. (Manuscript)
circa 1929
HND/2/4/2
Typescript sheets covering the burial of Dr Sun Yat Sen at Nanking and the Annual Naval Regatta at Wei-Hai-Wei, duplicated parts of the private journal HND/2/4/1.
Album of photographs and documents relating to HMS KENT, 1927-1929. (Manuscript)
1927-1931
HND/3/1
Photograph album - HMS KENT - China, SE Asia and Japan, 1927-1929 - includes photographs and press cuttings from the launching of HMS KENT at Chatham Dockyard; press cuttings briefly documenting the history of the KENT; photographs taken at Wei-Hai-Wei and of the funeral of Dr Sun Yat Sen (31st May …
Private journal kept on HMS SHANNON, 1914. (Manuscript)
1914-08 - 1914-11
HND/2/3
Private journal - kept while serving on HMS SHANNON during coastal/Norwegian patrol with the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow, August-November 1914. Documents events, and routine activities
Private journal kept while in command of HMS KEMPENFELT, 1935-1936. (Manuscript)
1935-08-28 - 1936-04-02
HND/2/5
Private, typewritten journal (looseleaf) in which Captain Holland discusses Admiralty directive for re-direction to Eastern Mediterranean and documents conditions and routine activities. Written while commanding HMS KEMPENFELT at Aden and the Mediterranean, 1935-1936.…
Midshipman's journal kept on HMS SUFFOLK and HMS IRRESISTIBLE, 1906-1908. (Manuscript)
1906-05 - 1908-03
HND/2/1
Midshipman's logbook - HMS SUFFOLK, May 1906-September 1907 and HMS IRRESISTIBLE, October 1907-March 1908. Documents routine Naval training exercises, activities and practice manoeuvres carried out in the Mediterranean. Includes sketches, diagrams, charts, plans etc.
Letters sent home by Holland during the Greco-Turkish War, 1920. (Manuscript)
1920-01-25 - 1920-07-21
HND/5/1
Letters home - HMS REVENGE - Turko-Greek conflict, 1920 - Nine handwritten letters, written between 25th January and 21st July 1920 (includes some typewritten duplicate copies).…
Press cuttings relating to the London Naval Conference, 1930. (Manuscript)
1929-12-24 - 1930-02-17
HND/3/2
Journal containing various press cuttings on the 1930 Naval Conference. Includes articles outlining British, US, French, Japanese, Italian and Spanish views regarding the Naval Disarmament Conference
Journal kept on HMS SYLVIA, 1871. (Manuscript)
1871-04-05 - 1871-08-24
HND/101/5
Journal kept by Holland while serving in the Far East [Japan] on board HMS SYLVIA - 5th April-24th August 1871. Documents routine events and gives descriptive accounts of local peoples [Ainos] and places.…
Various written pieces including accounts of events in Peru and Japan, 1868-1921. (Manuscript)
1868-1921
HND/102
Contains accounts of the earthquake/tsunami on the coast of Peru 1868, an account [incomplete] on the Ainos people of Japan and HMS SYLVIA's voyage to Yezo Island [Japan, 1871] and Holland's views on "summer time" [3rd October 1921].
Midshipman's journal kept on HMS MARLBOROUGH, January 1863 to September 1863. (Manuscript)
1863-01-01 - 1863-09-15
HND/101/2
Midshipman's log kept by Holland while serving in the Mediterranean and Piraeus of Athens on board HMS MARLBOROUGH - 1 January 1863 - 15 September 1863. Documents routine naval activities and also includes notes and diagrams
Journal kept on HMS MARLBOROUGH, HMS WIVERN and HMS MALACCA, 1863-1867. (Manuscript)
1863-09-16 - 1867-12-31
HND/101/3
Journal kept by Holland as a junior officer serving at the Piraeus of Athens and in the Mediterranean on board HMS MARLBOROUGH -16 September 1863-14 November 1864; Portsmouth with HMS WIVERN [variably WYVERN] - 27 September -11 December 1865 ; in the Americas and Canada on board HMS MALACCA - 18 Dec…
Midshipman's journal kept on HMS MARLBOROUGH, December 1858 to January 1863. (Manuscript)
1858-12-18 - 1863-01-01
HND/101/1
Midshipman's log kept by Holland while serving in the Mediterranean on board HMS MARLBOROUGH - 18 December 1858 - 1 January 1863. Documents routine naval activities and also includes notes, diagrams, charts and sketches
Midshipman's journal kept on HMS BULWARK, 1908-1909. (Manuscript)
1908-03 - 1909-07
HND/2/2
Second Midshipman's log book - HMS BULWARK, March 1908-July 1909. Documents routine Naval training exercises, activities and practice manoeuvres while on coastal patrol. Includes some watercolours and diagrams
Private journal kept on HMS KENT, 1928-1929. (Manuscript)
1928-07-19 - 1929-08
HND/2/4/1
Private journal kept while serving in HMS KENT in China, South-East Asia and Japan, 1928-1929. At times a very detailed and descriptive account of naval and local events including his attendance at the funeral of Dr Sun Yat Sen and the Annual Naval Regatta at Wei-Hai-Wei.
Papers relating to a proposed naval memorial for Trafalgar Square, 1949-1950. (Manuscript)
1949-04-28 - 1950-02-01
HND/4/4
Naval Memorial Scheme, 1949-1950. These papers include details of a proposal for a central Memorial to be erected in Trafalgar Square in remembrance of Navy personnel who had lost their lives in war.…
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