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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 82373-82578 Digitised Content No Level [37] SubSeries

1. Add MS 82379-82382

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Add MS 82379-82382
Title:
Keyes Papers. Vols. vii-x. Correspondence with Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, 1st Lord of the Admiralty (1911-1915 and 1929-1940), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1915), Minister of Munitions (1917), Sec. of State for War and Air (1919-1921), Sec. of State for Air and the Colonies (1921), Sec. of State for the Colonies (1921-1922), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1924-1929), Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury, and Minister of Defence (1940-1945); 1912-1945, n.d. Four vol...
Scope & Content:
Admiral of the Fleet Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes: Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, KG; Prime Minister: Correspondence of Adm. of the Fleet Roger John Brownlow Keyes and Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill: 1912-1945.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1945
Extent:
4 items

2. Add MS 82391-82396

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Add MS 82391-82396
Title:
Keyes Papers. Vols. xix-xxiv. Correspondence with Eva Mary Keyes, Roger Keyes’s wife, they married in 1906. Eva was the eldest daughter of Edward Salvin Bowlby of Gilston Park, Hertfordshire, and Knoydart, Inverness-shire, and his second wife, Elizabeth Agnew; 1912-1944, n.d. For Eva Keyes’s other correspondence see Add. 82567-82568. Six volumes.
Scope & Content:
Admiral of the Fleet Roger John Brownlow Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes: Lady Eva Keyes, wife of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes: Correspondence of Adm. of the Fleet Roger John Brownlow Keyes and Lady Eva Keyes: 1912-1944, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1944
Extent:
6 items

3. Add MS 82451-82454

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Title:
Certificates, appointments, and promotions
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1886-1941]
Extent:
4 items

4. Add MS 82455-82465

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Title:
Keyes Papers. Submarines. Vols. lxxxiii- xciii. Keyes was appointed Inspecting Captain of Submarines in November 1910 and Commodore (S) in charge of the submarine service in August 1912.
Scope & Content:
Submarines: Adm. Keyes's papers on submarines: 1907-1933, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1907-1933]
Extent:
11 items

5. Add MS 82466-82488

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Add MS 82466-82488
Title:
The Dardanelles Campaign 82466-82488. Keyes Papers. Vols. xciv-cxvi. In 1915 Keyes was appointed Chief of Staff to Vice-Adm. Carden, commanding the Eastern Mediterranean Squadron in the Dardanelles. He retained the post under Carden’s successor, Vice-Adm. de Robeck.
Scope & Content:
Dardanelles, Turkey: Adm. Keyes's papers on the Dardanelles Campaign: 1888-1920.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1888-1920]
Extent:
23 items

6. Add MS 82489-82491

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Add MS 82489-82491
Title:
Keyes Papers. Vols. cxvii-cxix. Keyes took no part in the battle of Jutland (31 May 1916), the only major naval action of the war, as he was still in the eastern Mediterranean at the time; 1916-1933.
Scope & Content:
Jutland, Denmark: Adm. Keyes's papers on the Battle of Jutland: 1916-1933.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1933
Extent:
3 items

7. Add MS 82495-82498

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Add MS 82495-82498
Title:
Keyes Papers. Vols. cxxiii-cxxvi. Dover Patrol: Whilst in the post of Director of Plans it became apparent that German submarines were passing through the Dover Straits unmolested. Vice-Adm. Bacon, Admiral of the Dover Patrol, suggested a huge minefield. Plans Division insisted that the mines would be ineffective unless they were patrolled by surface ships, with lights at night, which would force submarines to dive and sail into the mines. Bacon felt this would leave surface ships vulner...
Scope & Content:
Submarines: Adm. Keyes's papers on submarines: 1907-1933, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1915-1938]
Extent:
4 items

8. Add MS 82499-82507

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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

9. Add MS 82510-82512

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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

10. Add MS 82516 A-L

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Add MS 82516 A-L
Title:
Keyes Papers. Miscellaneous naval printed material: Vol. cxliv a-l.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1898-1941]
Extent:
1 item