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Add MS 89510/4/7
- Record Id:
- 040-004365715
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004290473
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100164969015.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89510/4/7
- Title:
- Letters to Ralph Richardson regarding his service with the Fleet Air Arm
- Scope & Content:
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Letters, memos and official forms addressed to Ralph Richardson during his period of national service with the Fleet Air Arm. These include correspondence relating to Richardson being recruited to act in films and on stage.
This folder's contents include:
- a naval telegram reporting the emergency landing due to engine failure of a Shark Tiger aeroplane in Nov 1939
- Ralph's appointment to temporary Lieutenant on 15 Oct 1940
- letter to Ralph from Mr Robinson, assistant to the Second Sea Lord, dated 1 Feb 1941, concerning recruiting Laurence Olivier to the Fleet Air Arm
- letters to Ralph from Lachlan MacKintosh, concerning his service in Inverness and inviting Ralph to visit
- letters to Ralph from David H Evans, dated Jul 1942, regarding arrangements to spend time at sea on HMS Anson
- letters regarding arrangements for an appearance by Richardson at the premier showing of The Volunteer at the Odeon Cinema in Exeter in Mar 1944
- a letter to Richardson sent on behalf of the Lord Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated 12 May 1944, accepting his resignation from naval service to take part in the re-opening of the Old Vic Theatre
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004290473
036-004365271
040-004365715 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89510 : Ralph Richardson archive
Add MS 89510/4 : Ralph Richardson's personal papers and war records
Add MS 89510/4/7 : Letters to Ralph Richardson regarding his service with the Fleet Air Arm - Hierarchy:
- 032-004290473[0004]/036-004365271[0007]/040-004365715
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89510
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1939
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- 1939-1947
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)