The Naval Career of R.J. Cogswell.

A personal typescript and bound account written by R.J. Cogswell regarding his Naval career. The collection consists of three books which are entitled:
‘CONCORD to Yangtse’ 1928. An account of the first spell of foreign service of an Electrical Artificer 4th Class in the Royal Navy'.
'In The Ship EXETER'; includes photos of R.J. Cogswell and his wife at Buckingham Palace and a photo of Sir Winston Churchill.
'The Dock' 1973.

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ID:	MSS/89/053
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1928 - 1973
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 box, 3 volumes.
Parts:	Manuscript Uncatalogued: Ledger from boat builders Rennie and Son, Greenwich. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/001) Uncatalogued: Papers of Rear-Admiral R. King (Manuscript) (MSS/89/003) Uncatalogued: Marriage certificate of James Barton and Anna Mackinla (Manuscript) (MSS/89/004) Uncatalogued: HMS FYLLA - Table of Signals issued to Lieutenant Lundall RM. 1809 (Manuscript) (MSS/89/005) Uncatalogued: Notes on the HENRI GRACE ADIEU made by Philip J. Oke. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/007) Uncatalogued: Notebooks relating to small boats and coastal craft. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/008) Uncatalogued: List of subscribers for the relief of the widows and children of the wounded and killed at the Battle of the Nile, 1799. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/009) Uncatalogued: Poem on the loss of Submarine M1, 1925, signed by K G Ellis, PO (fl.1925), HMS WARWICK. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/011) Uncatalogued: Crossing the Line, King Neptune Certificate. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/012) Uncatalogued: Two volumes containing technical information on shipbuilding kept in PYLADES and ROYALIST. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/013) Uncatalogued: Letters regarding prize giving at Greenwich Hospital School. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/015) Uncatalogued: Johnstone, Andrew, Captain, Fl. 1900 - 1941 (Manuscript) (MSS/89/016) Uncatalogued: Typed transcript of a journal kept by supply assistant John Leslie Brown (b. ca. 1924). (Manuscript) (MSS/89/017) Uncatalogued: Letters regarding Admiral Frederick Hamilton (Manuscript) (MSS/89/018) Uncatalogued: Service papers relating to J. Montgomery. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/019) Uncatalogued: Diary and letters kept by Lieutenant Oswald E Hallifax. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/020) Uncatalogued: Charts showing movements of the British Grand Fleet and the Battle of Jutland (Manuscript) (MSS/89/021) Uncatalogued: Letters to the Navy Board. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/022) Uncatalogued: Minutes from the annual general meeting of the Royal Southern Yacht Club (Manuscript) (MSS/89/023) Uncatalogued: Draft of an unpublished pamphlet by Reverend J.R.Powell. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/024) Uncatalogued: A account book for the LOVELY NELLY, collier, 1799-1800 and also a masters freight accounts, 1815-1816. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/025) Uncatalogued: Business papers of Moates and Souter of Shadwell Dock. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/028) Uncatalogued: Papers of Lieutenant Henry Rice. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/029) Uncatalogued: Career papers of Midshipman Geoffrey Bateman Hope. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/031) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/89/032) Uncatalogued: Papers of Hugh Umhelby Baylis (Manuscript) (MSS/89/033) Uncatalogued: Papers relating to the career of Roy Arthur Charles Beeching (Manuscript) (MSS/89/034) Uncatalogued: Papers of Petty Officer Archie Patrick Graves (Manuscript) (MSS/89/035) Uncatalogued: Certificate of Naval pension awarded to John Short (b.1843-1844). (Manuscript) (MSS/89/036) Uncatalogued: Papers relating to the careers of the Hillyar family. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/037) Uncatalogued: recommendations on the means of conducting an enquiry. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/038) Uncatalogued: List of Cadets leaving BRITANNIA. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/039) Uncatalogued: letter written by John Lawson (ca. 1870-1909) to his parents in the MISTLEY HALL off the South American coast. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/041) Uncatalogued: Journal kept by keepers at the Pile lighthouse, River Tay (Manuscript) (MSS/89/043) Uncatalogued: Letters of Sir Thomas Hardy. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/044) Collection of letters relating to William Cornwallis in the East Indies. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/046) Pension Certificate and Season Ticket for the London Steam Packet Company. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/048) Journal kept aboard PERSIA. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/049) Journal of J.H. Townsend. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/050) Letter from Midshipman Robert Kaye. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/051) Certificates of discharge of Stephen Frank Miles, sailmaker (Manuscript) (MSS/89/052) The Naval Career of R.J. Cogswell. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/053) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/89/055) The Journal of Joseph Gerrard Stewart, a Scottish Emigrant. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/057) Uncatalogued: Scaife, Henry Neale, Paymaster, 1823-1880. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/058) Uncatalogued: Portsmouth Dockyard, Ordinary, Certificate of Charges (Manuscript) (MSS/89/062) Uncatalogued: Certificate of registry of the ship KINGS LYNN (Manuscript) (MSS/89/063) Uncatalogued: March, Edgar J, Maritime Author, Fl. 1952-1970 (Manuscript) (MSS/89/066) Uncatalogued: Daniel, Henry, Master Mariner, 1887-1958 (Manuscript) (MSS/89/067) Uncatalogued: Log kept on the cableship SEINE (Manuscript) (MSS/89/069) Account of a voyage in the convict ship ELIZA by Surgeon Superintendent James Marr Brydone. (Manuscript) (MSS/89/070) Uncatalogued: Papers of Hugh Umphelby Baylis (Manuscript) (MSS/89/083)

The Naval Career of R.J. Cogswell.

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