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Project / Collection Europeana Collections 1914-1918 Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 82373-82578

51. Add MS 82492

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Title:
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxx. 2nd Battle Squadron: Contains memoranda on searchlights and night exercises, and a pulling regatta programme;31 July 1916 – 24 May 1917.
Scope & Content:
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxx. 2nd Battle Squadron: Contains memoranda on searchlights and night exercises, and a pulling regatta programme;31 July 1916 – 24 May 1917. Keyes was appointed to command HMS Centurion in the Second Battle Squadron, based at Scapa Flow, following the Dardanelles campaign.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1916-24 May 1917
Extent:
1 item

52. Add MS 82493

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Title:
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxi. 4th Battle Squadron: Contains papers and memoranda on gunnery exercises, a pulling regatta, night actions and the use of searchlights, distribution of fire, the use of kite balloons for reconnaissance, and courses of action open to a column of heavy ships when attacked by destroyers; 4 June 1917– 1 Sept. 1917, n.d..
Scope & Content:
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxi. 4th Battle Squadron: Contains papers and memoranda on gunnery exercises, a pulling regatta, night actions and the use of searchlights, distribution of fire, the use of kite balloons for reconnaissance, and courses of action open to a column of heavy ships when attacked b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1917-1 Sep 1917
Extent:
1 item

53. Add MS 82494

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Title:
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxii. Director of Plans: Contains reports of the Channel Barrage Committee, chaired by Keyes, established to investigate the most effective ways of preventing German submarines from passing through the Dover Straits. Also contains memoranda on Vice-Adm. Bacon’s views on how best to protect the Straits, papers on conferences held to discuss the possibility of an invasion of England, and a paper on a French proposal to operate in Syria; 16 March – 23 Dec. 1917, n.d.
Scope & Content:
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxii. Director of Plans: Contains reports of the Channel Barrage Committee, chaired by Keyes, established to investigate the most effective ways of preventing German submarines from passing through the Dover Straits. Also contains memoranda on Vice-Adm. Bacon’s views on how b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1917-23 Dec 1917
Extent:
1 item

54. Add MS 82495

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Title:
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxiii. Enemy activity and Dover Patrol operations; Oct. 1916 – 13 April 1919.
Scope & Content:
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxiii. Enemy activity and Dover Patrol operations; Oct. 1916 – 13 April 1919. Contents: 1. Reports of enemy activity in the Dover Straits between Oct. 1916 and Feb. 1918; [aft. 27 Oct. 1916] – 21 March 1918. 2. Dover Patrol operations; 17 Jan. 1918– 13 April 1919. Contains...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1919
Extent:
1 item

55. Add MS 82496

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Title:
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxiv. Other Dover Patrol papers; 16 Feb. 1915 – 9 May 1931.
Scope & Content:
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxiv. Other Dover Patrol papers; 16 Feb. 1915 – 9 May 1931. Contents: 1. Papers on the possibility of a landing near Zeebrugge; 16 Feb. 1915. 2. Papers on siege guns in Dunkirk, the military situation in Flanders, observation of fire instruments, the construction of strong...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1931
Extent:
1 item

56. Add MS 82499

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Title:
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxvii. Origins, plans, and preparation for Operation ZO; 7 May 1917– 6 May 1918, n.d.
Scope & Content:
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxvii. Origins, plans, and preparation for Operation ZO; 7 May 1917– 6 May 1918, n.d. Contents: 1. Contains a memorandum by Cdre Tyrwhitt on attacking Zeebrugge and an extract from a letter from Keyes to the Admiralty on the origins of the operation; 7 May 1917 – 6 May 1918...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1918
Extent:
1 item

57. 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

58. Add MS 82500 A

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Title:
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxviii a. Operation ZO personnel. 18 Feb. – 29 March 1918.
Scope & Content:
Vol. cxxviii a. Numbers of seamen required and lists of those chosen for Operation ZO, including Keyes’s request for extra pay for those involved. Also contains papers relating to training for the operation; 18 Feb. – 29 March 1918.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1918-29 Mar 1918
Extent:
1 item

59. Add MS 82500 A-F

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Title:
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxviii a-f. Operation ZO personnel; 18 Feb. 1918 – 1921, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1918-1921
Extent:
1 item

60. Add MS 82500 B

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Title:
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxviii b. Operation ZO personnel. ‘Operation of Zeebrugge. List of casualties admitted in R.N. Hospital Chatham’. April – 3 Oct. 1918, n.d.
Scope & Content:
Vol. cxxviii b. ‘Operation of Zeebrugge. List of casualties admitted in R.N. Hospital Chatham’. Also contains ‘Particulars of men disabled’; April – 3 Oct. 1918, n.d.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1918-3 Oct 1918
Extent:
1 item