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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 82499-82507
Title:: Keyes Papers. Vols. cxxvii-cxxxv. Operations ZO and VS: Whilst Vice Admiral Dover Patrol Keyes led two operations to block the mouths of the canals at Zeebrugge and Ostend with blockships, preventing German submarines from entering the North Sea from their Bruges bases. Zeebrugge and Ostend were both raided on the night of 22/23 April 1918 (Operation ZO), whilst a second attempt on Ostend (Operation VS) was launched on the night of 9/10 May 1918.
Scope & Content:: Ostend, Flanders: Zeebrugge, Belgium: Adm. Keyes's papers on the raids on Zeebrugge and Ostend: 1915-1943.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1915-1943]
Extent:: 9 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 82510-82512
Title:: 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.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1925-1929]
Extent:: 3 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 82521-82522
Title:: Keyes Papers. Vols. cxlix-cl. Texts and drafts of parliamentary speeches by Keyes, including a printed press-cuttings reporting speeches by Keyes; 1934-1944, n.d. For Keyes’s non-parliamentary speeches see Add. 82535-82538. Two volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1934-1944
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 82523-82524
Title:: Keyes Papers. Vols. cli-clii. Printed parliamentary papers including statements, copies of Hansard, extracts from Hansard, and white papers; 1934-1944. Two volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1934-1944
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 82542-82543
Title:: Keyes Papers. Vols. clxx-clxxi. Charitable assistance; 7 Nov. 1919– 1 Feb. 1936. Letters from individuals, and organisations on behalf of individuals, seeking financial or other assistance for ex-servicemen or their families from charities with which Keyes was involved, such as the Grand Fleet Fund and the various Zeebrugge associations. See also Add. 82386 and Add. 82405. Two volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 7 Nov 1919-1 Feb 1936
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 82544-82547
Title:: Keyes Papers. Vols. clxxii-clxxv. Naval Memoirs, 2 vols., (London: Thornton Butterworth, 1934 and 1935). Four volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1934-1935
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 82550-82551
Title:: Keyes Papers. Vols. clxxviii-clxxix. Other items written by Keyes; 1935-1945, n.d. Two volumes.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1935-1945
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 82552-82553
Title:: Keyes Papers. Vols. clxxx-clxxxi. Newspapers, supplements, and cuttings; 1914 – 1945, n.d. Printed. Partly French. Contains material relating to: World War One (including Jutland and Gallipoli); international affairs between the wars and the League of Nations; the strengths of Germany and Japan; naval treaties and disarmament; India; British naval affairs; British military strength; the Fleet Air Arm; economic matters, conscription into the military and the mines, and training; air power...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1914-1945
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 82554 A-K
Title:: Keyes Papers. Vol. clxxxii a-k. Journals and magazines – complete issues; 1926-1944. Printed.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1926-1944
Extent:: 1 item

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