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Papers relating to the shore establishments HMS Tana and HMS Bambara, 1945-1947. (Manuscript)
1945-01-11 - 1947-07-29
MGV/16
Typescript papers relating to HMS Tana, Kilindini, East Africa, including orders for sentries and night patrol at the WRNS quarters, 1945. Also two sheets relating to McGivering's role as Civilian Labour Officer at HMS Bambara, Ceylon, 1947.
Papers relating to McGivering's war gratuity and post-war credit of wages, 1947-1983. (Manuscript)
1947-02-28 - 1983-06-10
MGV/19
Papers relating to McGivering's war gratuity and post-war credit of wages.
Letters to his parents from HMS WHADDON, March 1942 to August 1942. (Manuscript)
1942-03-25 - 1942-08-05
MGV/29
Letters written by McGivering to his parents from the destroyer HMS WHADDON, dated between 25 March 1942 and 5 August 1942.
Letters to his parents, October 1941 to February 1942. (Manuscript)
1941-10-29 - 1942-02-13
MGV/28
Letters written by McGivering to his parents from HMS Raleigh at Torpoint and HMS Drake, the naval barracks at Devonport, dated between 29 October 1941 and 13 February 1942.
Telegrams to his parents, January 1947 to August 1947. (Manuscript)
1947-01-04 - 1947-08-27
MGV/38
Telegrams sent by McGivering to his parents, dated between 4 January 1947 and 27 August 1947.
Letters to his parents from Pembroke Dock, January 1945 to June 1945. (Manuscript)
1945-01-31 - 1945-06-04
MGV/35
Letters written by McGivering to his parents from the Coastal Forces Base at Pembroke Dock, dated between 31 January 1945 and 4 June 1945.
Letters to his parents, August 1945 to August 1947. (Manuscript)
1945-08-24 - 1947-08-02
MGV/36
Letters written by McGivering to his parents from Mombasa, Ceylon, Seychelles and other locations, dated between 24 August 1945 and 2 August 1947.
Postcard to his parents from Diyatalawa, Ceylon, September 1946. (Manuscript)
1946-09-15 - 1946-09-15
MGV/37
Postcard written by McGivering to his parents from Diyatalawa, Ceylon, dated 15 September 1946.
'A Kipling Dictionary' by W. Arthur Young and John H. McGivering. (Manuscript)
1967
MGV/91
Book: "A Kipling Dictionary", by W. Arthur Young and J.H. McGivering. Signed by McGivering
Letters to his parents from the Royal Naval Base at Portsmouth, August 1942. (Manuscript)
1942-08-17 - 1942-08-31
MGV/30
Letters written by McGivering to his parents from the Royal Naval Base at Portsmouth, dated between 17 August 1942 and 31 August 1942.
Letters to his parents, September 1942 to December 1942. (Manuscript)
1942-09-30 - 1942-12-18
MGV/31
Letters written by McGivering to his parents from HMS King Alfred at Hove and the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, dated between 30 September 1942 and 18 December 1942.
Letters to his parents from Fort Southwick at Fareham, December 1942 to February 1943. (Manuscript)
1942-12-26 - 1943-02-19
MGV/32
Letters written by McGivering to his parents from Fort Southwick at Fareham, dated between 26 December 1942 and 19 February 1943.
Letters to his parents from Freetown, Sierra Leone, March 1943 to September 1944. (Manuscript)
1943-03-27 - 1944-09-13
MGV/33
Letters written by McGivering to his parents from Freetown, Sierra Leone, dated between 27 March 1943 and 13 September 1944.
Letters to his parents from RAF Nuneham Park, January 1945. (Manuscript)
1945-01-03 - 1945-01-11
MGV/34
Letters written by McGivering to his parents from RAF Nuneham Park, dated between 3 January 1945 and 11 January 1945.
List of collection items, with McGivering's comments on some of them. (Manuscript)
1983-07-31
MGV/101
Typewritten list compiled by McGivering of the items in this collection, plus his comments on some of them
Handwritten family chronology. (Manuscript)
1956
MGV/45
Handwritten family chronology.
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