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Menu for an Admiralty dinner held at the United Service Club, London, for Admiral Hugh Rodman (Manuscript)
1937
OLI/1/37
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Official programme for the HMS EXCELLENT Centenary Tattoo (Manuscript)
1930
OLI/1/36
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Newspaper cuttings (Manuscript)
1916-1918
OLI/1/38
Four cuttings
Commission as Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Roxburgh (Manuscript)
1962
OLI/1/18
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Typed list of those who joined Osborne with Oliver and their subsequent fates (Manuscript)
1957
OLI/1/20
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Certificatefrom the First Lord of the Admiralty regarding a mention in a Despatch for distinguished service (Manuscript)
25 Aug 1942
OLI/1/13
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Letter from the Writer Branch of HMS SWIFTSURE offering their gratitude for Oliver's leadership (Manuscript)
4 Feb 1945
OLI/1/14
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Rear Admiral's Commission (Manuscript)
2 Jan 1945
OLI/1/15
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Admiralty letters regarding retirement from service, including a notice of termination of service for the Ministry of National Insurance and a letter regarding his appointment as a Convoy Commodore (Manuscript)
1948-1961
OLI/1/17
Five items.
Order of the Bath and related papers (Manuscript)
1948
OLI/1/16
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Papers and correspondence concerning The Order of the Bath (Manuscript)
1913-1965
OLI/1/30
Includes a letter to Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Oliver congratulating Oliver on his 100th birthday (21 Jan 1965).
Newspaper cuttings regarding the death of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry F Oliver, Oliver's uncle (Manuscript)
1965
OLI/1/32
Five newspaper cuttings (19-24 Oct 1965).
Appointment of Henry F Oliver (Oliver's uncle) as Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's Fleet (Manuscript)
1928
OLI/1/31
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Certificate forand letters regarding the Lieutenancy of the Borders Region (Manuscript)
1919-1975
OLI/1/24
Five items; letter regarding the appointment of Colonel William J Oliver (Oliver's father) as Lieutenant of the County and the certificate, letter to Oliver regarding his Lieutenancy of the Borders Region, Grant of the dignity of a Commander of the Military Division of the Order of the British …
Appointment of William J Oliver (Oliver's father) as Captain in Militia Forces, The Haddington Artillery (Southern Division, Royal Artillery) (Manuscript)
1891
OLI/1/23
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Certificate appointing Captain Henry F Oliver (Oliver's uncle) a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order, and a copy of The Statutes of the Royal Victorian Order (Manuscript)
1905
OLI/1/26
Two items.
Letter to Captain Henry F Oliver (Oliver's uncle) from the Swedish Legation in London (Manuscript)
1909
OLI/1/27
Regarfding the conferring of the Royal Order of the Sword.
Notes for a speech Robert Oliver made to a girls' school in New Zealand on presenting a flag in reward for their 100% membership of the New Zealand branch of The Navy League (Manuscript)
1937
OLI/1/2
Typescript with handwritten note (two pages).
Admiralty letter forwarding a letter of appreciation from the War Office re Coast Defence Practices (Manuscript)
1930
OLI/1/10
Three pages..
Certificates for Wounds and Hurts (Manuscript)
1924-1928
OLI/1/9
Three certificates.
Letter and certificate regarding the granting of of the Order of the British Empire (Manuscript)
11 Jun 1942
OLI/1/12
Three items.
Certificate for a medal in commemoration of the Coronation from Buckingham Palace (Manuscript)
12 May 1937
OLI/1/11
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Appointment of Robert D Oliver as Acting Sub-Lieutenant of HMS INFLEXIBLE (Manuscript)
15 Sep 1914
OLI/1/4
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Copy of a letter from Vice Admiral Robert D Oliver to the Historical Records Project at the London School of Economics re family naval papers (21 Oct 1974) - Related Material [OLI/71/3] (Manuscript)
21 Oct 1974
OLI/1/1
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