Naval
Churchill Archives Centre looks after many archives of naval personnel covering all ranks including Admirals. Highlights here include the memoirs of Admiral Sir Manley Power (in the Navy 1917-1961), and Admiral Somerville’s diary and reports on the Spanish Civil War.
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Account of a trip to Calais
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Reference Code : - SMVL 7/1
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Date : - 1940-05 (creation)
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Collection : - The Papers of Admiral Sir James Somerville
Reports by Somerville on the Spanish Civil War
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Reference Code : - SMVL 5/5
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Date : - 1936-1938 (creation)
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Collection : - The Papers of Admiral Sir James Somerville
Lecture notes on politics
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Reference Code : - SMVL 4/7
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Collection : - The Papers of Admiral Sir James Somerville
Lecture notes on Fleet and technical operations
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Reference Code : - SMVL 4/6
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Collection : - The Papers of Admiral Sir James Somerville
Lecture notes on Fleet and technical operations
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Reference Code : - SMVL 4/5
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Collection : - The Papers of Admiral Sir James Somerville
Pocket diary
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Reference Code : - SMVL 1/28
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Date : - 1937 (creation)
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Description : - Including the Spanish Civil War.
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Collection : - The Papers of Admiral Sir James Somerville
Admiralty diary of Commander Michael G. Goodenough, 1939-1941
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Reference Code : - MISC 117
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Date : - 2023-01-24 (creation)
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Description : -
Commander Michael Grant Goodenough RN joined Admiralty Plans Division on 28 August 1939. Within barely a week, Britain had declared war on Germany and Winston Churchill had become First Lord of the Admiralty, returning to the position he had been forced to relinquish in 1915.In October 1939, having served for a few weeks at the Admiralty, Michael Goodenough bought a large, soft-back foolscap notebook in which he started a diary that he kept until June 1941. The original manuscript is held by the Goodenough family. This transcript was prepared in 2020 by his eldest son, Sir Anthony Goodenough (born in 1941, a month after the diary ends). Sir Anthony’s brother Simon (born in 1945) contributed to this work. The diary has been edited to remove most family material as well as a few personal remarks on colleagues.
This is a full PDF copy of the diary. A published hard copy exists in the Roskill Library at Churchill College.
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Collection : - Churchill Archives Centre Miscellaneous Holdings
Family papers
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Reference Code : - BRME 14/5
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Description : - Including a typescript autobiography; an outline, synopsis and drafts of "Spunyarn", reminiscences from Jackie Broome's life and family history; a chronology giving details of the lives of Louis Egerton Broome and Clara Kathleen (Aimée) Lake (parents) and Frederick Napier Broome (grandfather); and other research notes for "Spunyarn".
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Collection : - The Papers of Jackie Broome
The Memoirs of Admiral Sir Manley Power
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Reference Code : - MANP
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Date : - 1960-08 - 1980-08
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Description : - Annotated typescript covering Power's career, particularly on his work with Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, Admiral Sir John Cunningham [Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, from 1943] on the invasion of Sicily and Italy, his work with Admiral Sir Philip Vian and with Admiral 1st Lord Mountbatten. Includes further notes on Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham.