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Reference (shelfmark):: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: 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

Reference (shelfmark):: 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

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

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