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Letters and printed papers sent by Admiral of the Fleet Lord John A. Fisher, 1885-1914. (Manuscript) 1885-1914 THU/2
Printed circular letters and reports issued by the Admiralty, together with letters to Thursfield from Fisher, see item level records.
Personal correspondence, 1898-1954. (Manuscript) 1898-1954 THU/116
Personal correspondence, mainly letters from other naval officers, see item level records.
Letters to James Richard Thursfield and his wife, from family and friends, 1896-1917. (Manuscript) 1896-1917 THU/4/2
Letters to James Richard Thursfield and his wife, mainly concerning their son Henry G. Thursfield, his academic achievements and the early part of his career as an officer in the Royal Navy. See item level records.
Family correspondence, 1896-1945. (Manuscript) 1896-1933 THU/4
Letters between members of the Thursfield family and from friends, in the period between 1896 and 1945. See item level records.
Papers relating to HMS BRITANNIA, 1896-1922. (Manuscript) 1896-1922 THU/114/1
Papers relating to Thursfield’s training as a cadet on HMS BRITANNIA at Dartmouth between January 1897 and May 1898, including examination papers, certificates, term reports, details of prizes and expense accounts.…
Printed material relating to the visit of the French Fleet, 1905. (Manuscript) 1905 THU/5/3
Printed material relating to the visit of the French Fleet to the Solent, between 7 and 14 August 1905, including invitation cards, programmes, arrangements for representatives of the press (in English and French), plans showing positions of the French and British fleets, and lists of officers.…
Papers relating to Thursfield's appointments, 1930-1932. (Manuscript) 1930-1932 THU/115/3
Papers from the period of Thursfield’s command of the battleship HMS ROYAL OAK (1914), flagship of the First Battle Squadron in the Mediterranean, between 1930 and 1932.…
Papers relating to Thursfield’s appointments, 1922-1925. (Manuscript) 1922-1925 THU/115/2
Papers relating to Thursfield's appointments in the Mediterranean in the period from 1922 to 1925, including his command of HMS CONCORD (1916) and then HMS COMUS (1914), and marriage to Celia E. Taylor at Malta.…
Certificate of the Order of the Nile, 1918. (Manuscript) 1918 THU/114/5
Certificate of the Order of the Nile (Fourth Class), conferred on Thursfield by the Sultan of Egypt for distinguished services rendered during the First World War, see ‘Supplement to The London Gazette’ published on 29 October 1918. With some related letters from the Admiralty and British Museum.
Issue of ‘Khaki’ magazine, 1915. (Manuscript) 1915 THU/5/4
Issue of ‘Khaki’ magazine from October 1915, including an article by Thursfield about Admiral Charles Middleton, first Baron Barham (1726-1813) entitled ‘Lord Barham: A Strategic Study’.
Letters and telegrams from family and friends, 1912-1917. (Manuscript) 1912-1917 THU/4/2/5
Letters to James Richard Thursfield and his wife, from family and friends, mainly concerning their son Henry G. Thursfield, his promotion to the rank of commander and subsequent appointments, dated between 22 September 1912 and 12 June 1917.…
Letters concerning his son's progress as a naval cadet on HMS BRITANNIA, 1897-1898. (Manuscript) 1897-1898 THU/4/2/2
Letters to James Richard Thursfield, discussing the progress of his son Henry G. Thursfield as a naval cadet on HMS BRITANNIA at Dartmouth. There are letters from Vice-Admiral John A. Fisher, Captain Assheton G. Curzon-Howe, the journalist Charles N. Robinson and the instructor James M. Pask.
Letters from James Richard Thursfield to his family, 1891-1905. (Manuscript) 1891-1905 THU/4/1
Letters from James Richard Thursfield to family in the period from 1891 to 1905:

(1) Letter to his son Henry G. Thursfield at Fairhill, Great Berkhamsted, sent from the battleship HMS SANS PAREIL (1887) off Scarborough, dated 30 July 1891.…
Examination results and passing certificates, 1899-1907. (Manuscript) 1899-1907 THU/114/4
Certificates and other papers relating to Thursfield’s training as a junior officer:
(1) Printed lists of marks obtained in the annual examination of junior officers of the Channel Squadron, issued by Vice-Admiral Harry H. Rawson, dated 28 July 1899 and 11 July 1900.…
Photographs, circa 1885-1890. (Manuscript) circa 1885-1890 THU/6
Photographs taken by Thursfield, mainly in the form of circular images mounted on card, processed from roll film used in a Kodak box camera.…
Invitation cards and menus, 1884-1903. (Manuscript) 1884-1903 THU/5/1
Invitation cards and menus from various dinners attended by Thursfield in the period between 1884 and 1903, some with added signatures. They include an invitation to attend a reception for Rear-Admiral William T.…
Papers relating to Thursfield's appointments, 1907-1919. (Manuscript) 1907-1919 THU/115/1
Papers relating to Thursfield’s appointments in the period from 1907 to 1919.…
Letters from family and friends, 1903. (Manuscript) 1903 THU/4/2/4
Letters to James Richard Thursfield and his wife, from family and friends, concerning their son Henry G. Thursfield undergoing treatment for typhoid fever at the Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar, Gosport, dated between 10 January 1903 and 13 February 1903.
Letters from family and friends, 1898. (Manuscript) 1898 THU/4/2/3
Letters to James Richard Thursfield and his wife, from family and friends, dated between 12 April 1898 and 6 August 1898. They send congratulations following the publishing of the passing out list from HMS BRITANNIA, in which their son Henry G. Thursfield gained first place.
Letters from family and friends, 1896-1897. (Manuscript) 1896-1897 THU/4/2/1
Letters to James Richard Thursfield and his wife, received in December 1896 and January 1897. They send congratulations after their son Henry G. Thursfield had passed examinations for a cadetship so that he could enter HMS BRITANNIA in January 1897. They include letters from Vice-Admiral John A.…