Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxxv. Photographic material relating to Operations ZO and VS.
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Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxxv. Photographic material relating to Operations ZO and VS; [1918-1925?]. Contains photographs of all aspects of the operations. Also includes photographs of memorials in Zeebrugge and Canterbury, and a photograph of the grave of Capt. Godsal who was killed during Operation...
Battle Cruiser Squadron 82508. Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxxvi. Contains papers relating to the German fleet interned at Scapa Flow; a report of the visit of the squadron to Scandinavia; seniority lists; papers on fleet exercises; printed parliamentary papers on the navy estimates and the total nava...
Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff 82509. Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxxvii. Papers as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff; 10 Dec. 1921– 25 March 1924, n.d. Keyes replaced Vice-Adm. Sir Osmond de B. Brock as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff on 1 November 1921. Contents: 1. Papers relating to the organisa...
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxxviii. Mediterranean Fleet: organisation and exercises; 9 June 1925– 5 May 1928 Contents: 1. Organisation; 9 June 1925– 24 April 1928. Partly printed. Contains seniority lists and a paper on the duties of staff officers. Also contains ‘Fortress Orders’ issued by the G...
Keyes Papers. Vols. cxxxviii-cxl. Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean: In June 1925 Keyes assumed the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet, considered by the Admiralty as the nation’s main fleet. HMS Queen Elizabeth was his flagship. Whilst C-in-C, Keyes was promoted Admiral.
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxxix. Papers relating to relations with Turkey and the dispute with Turkey over Mosul; 27 Aug. 1925– 27 Feb. 1926, n.d. After World War One, the League of Nations awarded Mosul to Iraq, then a British protectorate. It was feared that Turkey might attempt to seize the regi...
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxl. Other Mediterranean Fleet papers; 9 Nov. 1925– 12 March 1929, n.d. Contents: 1. The Royal Oak Incident; 1928. Translation of an Italian newspaper article on the series of squabbles which led to disciplinary action being taken by Keyes against several officers of the H...
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxli. Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth: Contains Keyes’s letter to Sir Charles Madden (1st Sea Lord) and A. V. Alexander (First Lord of the Admiralty) on the suitability of Adm. Sir Michael Hodges for the command of the Mediterranean Station; Cmd. 3556 giving details of the nava...
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxlii. Honorary Colonel Commandant, Royal Marines Portsmouth: Contains the Admiralty’s offer of the post to Keyes, programmes for Keyes’s visits and inspections, correspondence with Royal Marines commanders regarding Keyes’s visits, special orders of the day issued by Keyes, ...