Typewritten notes and reminiscences relating to Godfrey's work in N.I.D.'s "Room 39".

ID:	GOD/93
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Godfrey, John Henry
Date made:	1948-07-10 - 1948-07-10
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Godfrey, John Henry, Admiral, 1888-1971. (Manuscript) Lectures given at the Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich, 1931. (Manuscript) (GOD/1-11) Folder: "Naval Certs". Contains various certificates of service, promotion, etc, awarded to Godfrey. (Manuscript) (GOD/12) Typewritten list of pupils attending training ship HMS BRITANNIA (Manuscript) (GOD/13) Typewritten list of officers served under by Godfrey on various ships (4 copies) (Manuscript) (GOD/14) Typewritten record of service for Godfrey, listing various postings, ships served on, promotions, etc. (3 copies) (Manuscript) (GOD/15) Large bound notebook: "J.H. Godfrey. Navigation". Contains handwritten notes from Godfrey's navigation courses, including chronometer work, compass, tides, meterology, etc. (Manuscript) (GOD/16) Ring binder: "A-C, D-J". Contains various letters to Godfrey, mainly congratulations on being promoted, awarded honours, thank you letters, etc. (Manuscript) (GOD/17) Ring binder: "K-Q, R-Z". Contains various letters to Godfrey, mainly congratulations on being promoted, awarded honours and best wishes on leaving the N.I.D. in 1942. (Manuscript) (GOD/18) Navigating Officer's notebook, used by Godfrey as a Log Book for HMS BRAMBLE, China Station. (Manuscript) (GOD/19) Typescript itinerary for the movements of HMS EURYALUS in 1915. (Manuscript) (GOD/20) Bound volume: "Mediterranean and East-Indies Publications. 1917-1918". Collection of various official Royal Navy printed orders, geographical notes, etc, that were issued to Godfrey. (Manuscript) (GOD/21) Bound volume: "R.N.S.C.M. 1923-4, 1924-5, 1929, 1930". Collection of 4 issues of the Royal Naval Staff College Magazine. (Manuscript) (GOD/22) Translations of a message acquired by British Naval Intelligence from the Commander-in-Chief of the Swiss Fleet to the Swiss Admiralty. (Manuscript) (GOD/23) Bound Volume: "Captain's Night Order Books. HMS KENT 1931, HMS SUFFOLK 1931-33, HMS REPULSE 1936-38". (Manuscript) (GOD/24) Bound typescript volume: "Notes for Lecture on Policy, Strategy and Command, 1801". Notes for a lecture given by Godfrey at the Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich. (2 copies) (Manuscript) (GOD/25) Bound typescript volume: "The Value of History". Transcript of a lecture given by Godfrey at the Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich. (Manuscript) (GOD/26) Typewritten transcript of lectures given by Godfrey, some of which were delivered on HMS REPULSE. (Manuscript) (GOD/27) Typescript journal of visits made to various East European countries in 1935. (Manuscript) (GOD/28) Typescript list of officers serving on HMS REPULSE between 1936 and 1938 (Manuscript) (GOD/29) Various letters to Godfrey, including some as Captain of HMS REPULSE (Manuscript) (GOD/30) Typescript itinerary for the movements of HMS REPULSE (Manuscript) (GOD/31) Bound typescript volume: "Captain's Standing Orders. HMS REPULSE. 1937". Contains Godfrey's instructions regarding standing orders while Captain of HMS REPULSE (Manuscript) (GOD/32) Typescript list of Merchant and Royal Navy vessels sunk or damaged during the Norwegian campaign between 8th April and 15th June,1940 (Manuscript) (GOD/33) Bound typescript volume: "Royal Indian Navy. F.O.C.R.I.N. Letters, 1943-46". Contains various reports, schedules, letters, etc to Godfrey as Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy. (Manuscript) (GOD/34) Bound typescript volume: "Royal Indian Navy. F.O.C.R.I.N. Letters, 1943-46". (Manuscript) (GOD/35) Bound typescript volume: "Naval Intelligence Division. 1939 to 1944." Contains organisational details, lists of staff, etc. (Manuscript) (GOD/36) Various typescript papers, essays, reports, etc, used by Godfrey as source material for N.I.D. monographs. (Manuscript) (GOD/37) Naval Intelligence Division report by Godfrey, marked "Most Secret." Contains information regarding Admiral Cunningham and the Director of Military Intelligence. (Manuscript) (GOD/38) Diary or Itinerary of appointments for NID visit to the USA with a copy of letter from Godfrey to staff of NID (Manuscript) (GOD/39-40) India. 1943-1946. Contains letters, reports and orders to/from Godfrey as Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy mostly regarding operational issues. Some marked "Secret". (Manuscript) (GOD/41) India. 1943-1946. Contains reports on the Royal Indian Navy and the W.R.I.N.S., history of the R.I.N., operational structure, etc. Some marked "Secret". (Manuscript) (GOD/42) India. 1943-1946 Contains correspondence between Godfrey and His Excellency General Sir Claude J. E. Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief in India. Also contains reports on the structure of the R.I.N. as well as several reports on the R.I.N. mutiny of 1946 and its causes. (Manuscript) (GOD/43) Diary of appointment as F.O.C.R.I.N. including list of Naval Intelligence Division staff, departments and telephone numbers (Manuscript) (GOD/44-46) Folder containing typescript copies of letters relating to the Royal Indian Navy. (Manuscript) (GOD/47) Typescript papers relating to time served in India as F.O.C.R.I.N. Included are accounts and diaries of official visits to R.I.N. recruiting establishments and bases, notes on officers served with reports. (Manuscript) (GOD/48) Pamphlet: "Leadership and Discipline. Royal Indian Navy." With foreword by Godfrey (21 copies). (Manuscript) (GOD/49) Bound volume: "R.I.N. Publications". Contains a collection of copies of various official R.I.N. pamphlets on organisation, recruitment, etc. (Manuscript) (GOD/50) Various photographs and typed diary of appiontments (Manuscript) (GOD/51&53) Folder embossed with: "India. Ships Badges". Contains 58 hand painted plates by the Central Reproduction Drawing Office of various ships badges of R.I.N. vessels. (Manuscript) (GOD/52) Bound volume: R.I.N. Log. Vol I". Contains collected copies of the official monthly magazine of the Royal Indian Navy (Manuscript) (GOD/54) Bound volume: R.I.N. Log. Vol II". Contains collected copies of the official monthly magazine of the Royal Indian Navy (Manuscript) (GOD/55) Pamphlet: "Creeds and Customs in the Royal Indian Navy". With a foreword by Godfrey. (2 copies) (Manuscript) (GOD/56) Pamphlet: "The Royal Indian Navy. A Review" (2 copies) (Manuscript) (GOD/57) Printed volume: "Report on the Royal Indian Navy. 1943, 1944." (Manuscript) (GOD/59) Printed volume: "Report on the Royal Indian Navy. January-June, 1945." (Manuscript) (GOD/60) Printed volume: "Report on the Royal Indian Navy. July-December,1945." (Manuscript) (GOD/61) Typescript copies of letters to Godfrey from Admiral of the Fleet, Andrew Cunningham. Bound with the original letters. (Manuscript) (GOD/62) Magazine: "R.I.N. Log". Monthly magazine of the Royal Indian Navy. Includes photographs of Godfrey. (Manuscript) (GOD/63) Pamphlet: "New Horizons... A Book About the W.R.I.N.S." Promotional recruitment booklet. (3 copies) (Manuscript) (GOD/64) Pamphlet: "Womens Royal Indian Naval Service." Short history and appreciation of the W.R.I.N.S. written by Godfrey at the end of his time as F.O.C.R.I.N. (5 copies) (Manuscript) (GOD/65) Womens Royal Indian Naval Service. Promotional publication for recruitment. With handwritten dedication: "With my grateful thanks for all the tremendous efforts you personally made to have this souvenir published for us. Peggy. 8/8/46" (Manuscript) (GOD/66) Pamphlet: "Womens Royal Indian Naval Service." Short history of the W.R.I.N.S., its organisation, etc. Written by Godfrey. (Manuscript) (GOD/67) Letters to Godfrey relating to the history of the N.I.D. and to his memoirs. (Manuscript) (GOD/68) NID Monographs. (Manuscript) (GOD/69-83) Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs, 1939-1945. (Manuscript) (GOD/84-91) Bound typescript volume: "Top Secret. N.I.D. Vol 9b." Contains post-war analysis of N.I.D. intelligence regarding various topics, such as the Battle of the Atlantic, the Far East, D-Day, etc. (Manuscript) (GOD/92) Typewritten notes and reminiscences relating to Godfrey's work in N.I.D.'s "Room 39". (Manuscript) (GOD/93) Folder: "Hood and Chatham Papers." Contains letters to Godfrey from Samuel, 6th Viscount Hood, Alexander Hood and Dorothy Hood regarding research for a book. (Manuscript) (GOD/94) Printed volume: "On Appeal from His Majesty's Court of Appeal (England) Between the Workington Harbour & Dock Board and the Owners of the Stemship Vessel 'Towerfield'. Appendix Volume 1. (Manuscript) (GOD/95) Letters and invitations to Godfrey relating to annual commemorative services of the Gallipoli landings for the crew of HMS EURYALUS and the Lancashire Fusiliers. (Manuscript) (GOD/96) Typewritten copies of correspondence between Godfrey and Donald Mclachlan relating to the writing of Mclachlan's book about N.I.D. "Room 39. A Study in Naval Intelligence." (Manuscript) (GOD/97) Bound typescript volume: "Scandanavia and the Establishment of an Intelligence Sub-Centre at Lyness." By Lieutenant-Commander Todd. (2 copies) (Manuscript) (GOD/98) Pamphlet: "The Royal Navy and the Ethiopian Crisis of 1935-36." By Arthur Marder. Signed by the author with the dedication, (Manuscript) (GOD/99) Chronology of events and diary notes, 1896-1968. (Manuscript) (GOD/100-111) Photograph album:Contains photographs of Godfrey's time as a cadet aboard the training ships HMS BRITANNIA and HMS HINDUSTAN and time as Royal Naval College Dupty Director. (Manuscript) (GOD/112) Photograph album: "HMS Bramble. China. 1910-1912." Contains photographs of local villages, people, etc. Plus some photographs of the 1911 Chinese Nationalist revolution. (Manuscript) (GOD/113) Detailed typewritten chronology of Godfrey's early career (Manuscript) (GOD/114) Desk and pocket diaries, 1926-1971. (Manuscript) (GOD/115-155) A series of photographs (Manuscript) (GOD/156-157) Folder of letters to Godfrey from various people. Alphabetical by sender, A-E. (Manuscript) (GOD/158) Typescript notes: "Papers Not In 'Shreds and Trimmings.'" Additional short articles by Godfrey on various naval subjects, including Ian Fleming, the Suez Canal, MI9, etc. (Manuscript) (GOD/159) Two folders containing typewritten articles by Godfrey on various naval subjects, as well as draft chapters for his memoirs and copies of letters relating to the use of them. (Manuscript) (GOD/160) Letters to Godfrey from various people asking for help with their research into naval topics (Manuscript) (GOD/161) Two folders containing typescript copies of notes, draft chapters, etc, used by Godfrey in the writing of his memoirs. Most with handwritten annotations. (Manuscript) (GOD/162) Various letters to Godfrey regarding research into several wartime subjects such as the capability of the French Navy, Admiral Dudley Pound, the sinking of the French Fleet, etc. (Manuscript) (GOD/163) Typescript papers: "Shreds and Trimmings. Part 2." Short articles, anecdotes, quotes, copies of letters, etc, collected by Godfrey and relating to various aspects of the N.I.D. (Manuscript) (GOD/164) The Naval Memoirs of Admiral J.H. Godfrey. (Manuscript) (GOD/165-176) Folder: "Working With Churchill." Contains many typescript notes, quotes, criticisms, etc, from various books on Churchill compiled and commented on by Godfrey. (Manuscript) (GOD/177) Various typescript material collated by Godfrey for Donald McLachlan's biography of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound. Includes a career summary, letters, biographical notes, etc. (Manuscript) (GOD/178) Folder containing a typescript copy of the appendix to Vol V of Godfrey's memoirs. (Manuscript) (GOD/179) Typescript copies of chapters for Godfrey's memoirs and N.I.D. monographs with handwritten annotations. (Manuscript) (GOD/180) Typescript extracts from books by Marder, Birkenhead, Bryant, Plomer, Clark and Read. (Manuscript) (GOD/181) Typescript extracts: Chatham Papers. Hood. From 1766-1795." Extracts from the papers of the second earl of chatham regarding Hood. (Manuscript) (GOD/182) Printed books. (Manuscript) (GOD/183-187) Volume containing typescript of "Naval Attaches and Naval Missions" with index. (Manuscript) (GOD/188) Folder containing miscellaneous typescript papers of Godfrey (Manuscript) (GOD/189) Mounted photographs relating to Admiral John Henry Godfrey. (Manuscript) (GOD/190)

Typewritten notes and reminiscences relating to Godfrey's work in N.I.D.'s "Room 39".

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