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.
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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.
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..
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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...
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.
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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...
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxiv. Other Dover Patrol papers; 16 Feb. 1915 – 9 May 1931.
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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...
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxvii. Origins, plans, and preparation for Operation ZO; 7 May 1917– 6 May 1918, n.d.
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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...
Keyes Papers. Vol. cxxviii a. Operation ZO personnel. 18 Feb. – 29 March 1918.
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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.
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.
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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.