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Wilfrid Garthwaite WWI-era service papers, 1917-1918

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-013
Scope and Contents

The service papers of Wilfred Garthwaite, who served in the Royal Navy from August 1917 to August 1919. It includes the pamphlet "How to join the Navy", with a short query about whether there was a similar pamphet on how to get out of the navy, Garthwaite's National Registration Act card, Certificate of Service, hist training certificate, notes on Mess Account and Pay Down, and a pocket pictoral Gospel of St. John.

Dates: 1917 - 1919

William John Thorne WWI journal, 1917-1918

 Collection
Identifier: 1995-016
Scope and Contents

Personal log of the activities of Leading Telegraphist, William John Thorne. The daily log was kept while onboard the H.M.S. Vimiera (September 1917), H.M.S. Paladin (September 1917), H.M.S. Vega (December 1917), and H.M.S. Oriole (February 1918).

Dates: 1917 - 1918

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  • Subject: World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives -- Great Britain. X
  • Subject: World War, 1914-1918 -- Naval Operations, British X

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Garthwaite, Wildrid, 1899- 1
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