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Catalogue reference: ADM 137/1943/2
This record is about the Folios 176-191 with a copy at folio 192-207: No 2. Report with telegrams dated 10... dating from 1914-1915 in the series Admiralty: Historical Section: Records used for Official History, First World War. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Folios 176-191 with a copy at folio 192-207: No 2. Report with telegrams dated 10 October 1914 about the cruise of HMS Theseus to Archangel 29 August 1914 by Captain Hugh Edwards. Folio 190 consists of a list of steamers at Tromso on 6 October 1914.
Folios 208-224: No 3. Escort of first Canadian contingent September 1914. Includes report of proceedings for HMS Invincible dated 1 October 1914 by Rear Admiral Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore, folios 219-220.
Folios 225-234: No 4. Sailing orders and instructions for HMS Gibraltar to Spitzbergen dated 9 October 1914.
Folios 235-250: No 5. Sinking of four German destroyers by HMS Undaunted and destroyers of Harwich Force on 17 October 1914. Includes the following reports on the action by Captain Henry Ralph Crooke, HMS Undaunted at Harwich, folios 236-238. by Lieutenant-Commander Clement Richard Dane, HMS Lennox, folios 239-241. by Lieutenant-Commander Claude Finlinson Allsup, HMS Legion, folios 242-243. by Commander Wion De Malpas Egerton, HMS Lance, folios 244-245. by Lieutenant-Commander Fischer Burges-Watson, HMS Loyal at sea, folios 246-248.
Folios 251-263: No 6. Despatch of HMS Princess Royal to West Atlantic dated November 1914. Includes report of proceedings for HMS Princess Royal dated 3 January 1915 by Captain Osmond de Beauvoir Brock, folios 258-262.
Folios 264-266: No 7. Operations around Antwerp, copy of London Gazette 4 December 1914.
Folios 267-362: No 8. German raid on Scarborough and Hartlepool, 16 December 1914, (including the following reports):
HMS King George V report of proceedings dated 18 December 1914 by Vice Admiral George John Scott Warrender, folios 269-276.
HMS Southampton report of proceedings dated 20 December 1914 by Commodore William Edmund Goodenough, 1st Light Cruiser Squadron, folios 305-308.
HMS Shark report of proceedings dated 19 December 1914 by Commander Loftus William Jones, folios 309-310.
HMS Arethusa report of proceedings dated 20 December 1914 by Commodore (T) Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, folios 311-312.
HMS Lynx, 4th Destroyer Flotilla, report of proceedings, dated 17 December 1914 by Commander Reginald St. Pierre Parry, folios 319-320.
HMS Ambuscade, 4th Destroyer Flotilla, report of proceedings, dated 17 December 1914 by Lieutenant Commander Gordon Alston Coles, folio 321.
HMS Unity, 4th Destroyer Flotilla, report of proceedings, dated 18 December 1914 by Lieutenant Commander Arthur Macaulay Lecky, folio 322.
HMS Hardy, report of proceedings, dated 18 December 1914 by Lieutenant Commander Lewis Gonne Eyre Crabbe, folios 323-328.
HMS Shark report of proceedings dated 18 December 1914 by Commander Loftus William Jones, folios 331-333.
HMS Acasta report of proceedings dated 18 December 1914 by Lieutenant Commander John Ouchterlony Barron, folio 334.
HMS Spitfire report of proceedings dated 18 December 1914 by Lieutenant Commander Clarence Walter Eyre Trelawney, folio 335.
Correspondence between the Commander in Chief, Home Fleets and Admiralty relative to the operations in the North Sea on 16 December 1914, folios 346-349.
Despatch by Vice Admiral David Beatty, HMS Princess Royal concerning his orders and dispositions, dated 26 February 1915, folios 350-354.
Enclosures concerning the injury to John Walter John, Signalman, J6110, and his recommendation for the Distinguished Service Medal, dated 24 and 31 December 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Lewis Eyre Crabbe, HMS Hardy, folios 356-357.
Recommendation for promotion of Sub-Lieutenant Edward Arthur Aylmer, folios 360-361.
Folios 363-410: No 9. Raid on Cuxhaven, 24-26 December 1914 (including the following):
A memorandum with drawings on operations in conjunction with seaplanes (Plan Y) dated 2 December 1914 by Commodore (T) Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, HMS Arethusa, folios 365-370.
Report and diagram illustrating the system of marking the undersides of seaplanes dated 10 December 1914, folios 372-374.
Reports of operations in conjunction with seaplances dated 25 December and 27 December 1914 by Commodore (T) Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, HMS Arethusa, folios 376-385.
Orders for submarines covering operations in conjunction with seaplanes, dated 7 December 1914 by Commodore (S) Roger Keyes, folios 386-389.
HMS Maidstone report of proceedings dated 27 December 1914 by Commodore (S) Roger Keyes, folios 391-397.
Report of Plan Y, dated 27 December 1914, by Commodore (S) Roger Keyes to the Cief of the War Staff, Admiralty, folios 398-406.
HM Sub E11 report of proceedings for 24-26 December 1914, dated 27 December 1914 by Lieutenant Martin Eric Dunbar-Nasmith, folios 407-408.
HM Sub D6 report of proceedings for 24-26 December 1914, dated 27 December 1914 by Lieutenant-Commander Robert Crosby Halahan, folio 409.
Drawings of gas buoys, folio 410. Folios 411-689: No 10. Battle of Dogger Bank, 24 January 1915. Includes records of telegraphic signals, folios 412-424.
Reports on the action of 24 January 1915, dated 26 January and 29 January 1915, by Commodore (T) Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, HMS Arethusa, folios 425-435.
HMS Aurora, report of proceedings, dated 26 January 1915, by Captain Wilmot Stuart Nicholson, folios 436-437.
HMS Undaunted, report of proceedings, dated 27 January 1915, by Captain (D) Francis Gerald St. John, folio 438.
HMS Meteor, report of proceedings, dated 25 January 1915, by Captain Herbert Meade, folios 439-441.
HMS Miranda, report of proceedings, dated 27 January 1915, by Commander Barry Domville, folios 442-445.
Copies of plans (diagrams) relating to the action of 24 January 1915, folios 449-451.
HMS Maidstone, report of proceedings, dated 28 January 1915, by Commodore (S) Roger Keyes, folios 453-458.
HMS Princess Royal, report of proceedings, dated 2 February 1915, by Vice Admiral David Beatty, folios 462-475, colour diagram of positions of ships during action, (folio 468). list of men who distinguished themselves during the action, (folios 469-475).
HMS New Zealand, report of proceedings, dated 25 January 1915, by Rear Admiral Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore, folios 477-481.
HMS Lion, report of proceedings, dated 27 January 1915, by Captain Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, folios 483-491.
HMS Southampton, report of proceedings, dated 25 January 1915, by Commodore William Edmund Goodenough, folios 492-494.
HMS New Zealand, report of proceedings, dated 7 February 1915, by Rear Admiral Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore, folios 495-497.
Remarks about Vice Admiral David Beatty’s despatch dated 2 February 1915 by Charles Edward Madden, HMS Iron Duke, folios 499-500.
Remarks about the signal AP, dated 26 February 1915, by Captain Henry Bertram Pelly, HMS Tiger folios 502-503.
Remarks on Pelly’s actions, dated 3 March 1915, by Admiral Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, HMS Iron Duke, folios 504-506.
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